Alex Albon, after being disqualified on Saturday, started from the back row at Zandvoort but finished 14th, allowing him to regain positions with the car, although overtaking is very difficult at the Dutch circuit. Therefore, James Vowles, head of Williams Racing, still called the results of a difficult weekend positive.
James Vowles: “We saw that we could perform with confidence in a competitive environment, which is positive. Of course, we had problems through our own mistake, when it turned out that the width of the underside of the car did not meet the technical regulations.
But to solve this, all that was needed was a few seconds of grinding on a specific part of the ground. In these conditions, however, the race had to start from the last rows, and on a circuit where it is difficult to overtake.
In theory, the only way to get ahead in any way was to use a single pitstop tactic, although you could foresee that it was unlikely to be possible to reach the top ten. Then we tried to cover the distance with two pitstops, hoping that this would give us the chance to be on a traffic-free track. But in the end this was not enough.
It all ended when the points went to our direct competitors, and we couldn’t do anything to prevent this, because there was no safety car or virtual safety car mode during the race, because only then could something change.
There are still nine races to go until the end of the season and I am confident that our car is capable of good pace, and this pace will only increase. Climbing to higher positions in the Constructors’ Championship is a very difficult task, but we will not give up and will continue to fight until the last lap of the last race in Abu Dhabi. There are still opportunities to improve the situation.
If we talk about the last Dutch Grand Prix, our drivers did not make any mistakes, we fought on track with those we could really fight with, and Alex finished ahead of Esteban Ocon precisely because of the tactic of two pit stops, while the Alpine driver limited himself to one visit to the pits.
“Ahead of Monza is a circuit where we have performed well in the past and there we will have plenty of opportunities to fight for points.”
Source: F1 News
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