Williams
It was a combined bag for Williams in Bahrain. They’d a fast automotive, as proven by Sainz making it to Q3 for the second time this season – and out-qualifying his crew mate for the primary time. However whereas the Spaniard was making serene progress, the identical couldn’t be stated for Albon. He was put out into visitors for his ultimate Q1 run, having to overhaul various automobiles to get to the road in time. That left him with overworked tyres, and he then compounded the issue by locking up. Though he exited in Q1, he was promoted to P15 due to Hulkenberg’s lap time being deleted.
Alex Albon, fifteenth, 1:32.040
“It was messy at the moment. We spent about three minutes ready for all the opposite automobiles to go previous us, caught within the pit exit visitors jam, which equates to about 25-30 levels of tyre temperature misplaced. When that occurs, you find yourself going into Flip 1 with no grip. I needed to overtake three automobiles on my outlap to make the flag. That’s simply the best way it’s, sadly. Usually we’re excellent at getting on the market, however at the moment we slipped up. As for tomorrow, we’ve got among the strongest race tempo within the midfield and no less than you may overtake on this observe! It’s going to be difficult to attain factors, however it’s attainable and I’ll give it all the pieces to get better from what occurred at the moment.”
Carlos Sainz, eighth, 1:30.680
“It looks like we made a step in the proper course, however we have to preserve our heads down and keep on making an attempt various things. I really feel I nonetheless have margin for enchancment, and I need to be larger than P8! Having stated that, I’m proud of at the moment and I undoubtedly felt extra in management, figuring out the place to push, the place there may be potential lap time, and staying disciplined with my driving. I’m assured in what we’re doing, the pace is there, and I’ve an incredible crew round me, so I simply want to stay to my plan and proceed taking the proper steps, beginning with the race tomorrow and making an attempt to attain some factors!”
James Vowles, Crew Principal
“It’s nice to see Carlos up into Q3. He’s progressing each race weekend and there’s extra to return from him.
“By way of Alex, it was a disappointing session. As a crew, we didn’t execute leaving the storage as cleanly as we did on Carlos’ aspect, and it resulted in Alex being behind the queue, unable to do the outlap he needed. He has the tempo, we’ve seen it each race weekend to this point this 12 months, and he is ready to get the automotive into Q3. I’ve little doubt that may have been the identical at the moment.
“On the optimistic aspect, he’s very fast, and it’s a observe the place we will overtake and make a distinction strategically. I’m wanting ahead to working with him on the race tomorrow with a purpose to get each automobiles up into the factors.”
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