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march 01, 2024 - Williams Racing
Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying
Track: Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain | Lap Length: 5.412 km | ||||
Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
13. | A. Albon | Williams Racing | 1:30.397 | 1:30.221 | - |
18. | L. Sargeant | Williams Racing | 1:30.770 | - | - |
Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: The midfield is incredibly tight and today we were just on the wrong side of it. Nonetheless, the FW46 is in that competitive midfield mix and able to compete.
Conditions were very cool this evening and we needed to adapt our approach as qualifying progressed. We weren't perfect but, generally, the balance and tyres were reasonable and both drivers were able to fight. Unfortunately, Logan suffered from a brake balance issue on his final timed lap, which cost him some time. We will address this overnight and don't expect any repeat behaviour tomorrow.
Although we have had the first good look at relative pace today, and consequently the competitive picture is beginning to emerge, there is still plenty of uncertainty over how the race paces will unfold tomorrow. We certainly go into the race confident that both drivers can compete with the cars around them and make good progress.
Alex Albon: P15 was where we predicted we'd be today so it's a slight reward qualifying P13. On paper, it's mixed feelings because I feel like we did a good job and got the most out of the car but we've definitely got more performance in it, which isn't a bad thing. I was excited to go out today on low fuel and feel the car light but I think tomorrow will be very close. We've made big improvements, but everyone has so it's all relative. This circuit is always very close so let's see how we go tomorrow.
Logan Sargeant: The first run was great but the second run wasn't so good. I'm a little bit confused about the difference in tyre performance across the two runs; it didn't feel like I had the tyre in the right window on the second set and I lost a significant amount of rear grip. It's a little bit disappointing but at least the performance was there in the car. Nonetheless, we knew it would be very tight and that it is. It's hard to say exactly where we are on race pace but I feel quite comfortable within myself on race pace, so hopefully we can use that to our advantage tomorrow.
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