Williams drivers made no money in Las Vegas, but for different reasons. Franco Colapinto crashed his car during qualifying and the team had to build him an essentially new car from a spare chassis, after which he pitted and finished 14th. In contrast, Alex Albon had a chance to finish in the top ten, but technology failed him: due to overheating of the power plant, he had to withdraw from the race.
Overall, the British team is going through a losing streak, and the 22nd leg of the season was its continuation.
“This is all very frustrating. It seems to me that we are going through an absolutely terrible period,” Alex admitted after the meeting in Las Vegas. – Before the race I was in a good mood, I felt like we could fight for the points and hoped to earn something.
I thought we could repay the team, especially the mechanics and everyone working at the Grove base, for the enormous amount of work they had to do over the last few weeks, but we couldn’t. The list of failures has become longer, but I hope that in Qatar we can perform stronger and recover.
Moreover, I felt quite comfortable behind the wheel. I was happy with the speed of the car, although I had to pass Nico Hülkenberg, who overtook me. But honestly, I felt like it could be better. I was driving
not calm is the wrong word, but I had a small pace advantage over the cars around my FW46 on the track. We have made progress, regained many positions, but now nothing more can be done…”
Source: F1 News
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