Following a dismal begin to the season, Alex Albon warns that Williams should get a grip of the FW47.
What a distinction a 12 months makes. The Grove outfit ended 2025 ‚better of the remainder‘, 45 factors away from its nearest rival, Racing Bulls, and with two podiums finishes to its credit score, each courtesy of ’new boy‘ Carlos Sainz.
Nevertheless, regardless of having the very best engine – ADUO rankings apart – the Grove outfit is clearly struggling and at present stands eighth within the crew rankings.
Barcelona, scene of the crew’s most up-to-date win, Pastor Maldonado in 2012, highlighted the FW47’s points with high-speed corners, consequently Albon is just not anticipating a robust weekend on the Pink Bull Ring.
„If you happen to have a look at our excessive pace in comparison with our midfield rivals, we’re a superb chunk off,“ stated the That driver, in line with Motorsport Week. „So clearly, the Pink Bull Ring, sector two and sector three is all high-speed, so we have to see what we do.
„We will not overlook, Carlos certified a second and a half off Lawson,“ he added, referring to Barcelona, „so we have some work to do.“
The Spanish race marked Albon’s second DNF of the season, the crew ultimately opting to drag the plug on what was turning into a glorified take a look at session.
„We noticed there was a problem with the automotive after qualifying,“ he admitted, „however we could not change it as a consequence of parc ferme guidelines, so we used that point within the storage simply to… we could not right it, however we might form of fudge it to get it again to what it must be.
„We have to perceive it,“ he added. „We will see the automotive is just not behaving, and we have to repair it.“
Consequently, the Thai driver has an comprehensible insecurity within the automotive.
„It explains why I did not know what automotive I had in qualifying,“ he stated. „Left to proper, nook to nook, I did not know what the automotive was going to do. So perhaps it provides a little bit of confidence to know one thing. However on the similar time, I simply wish to be certain that it is not there for Austria.
„It is simply how it’s,“ he added. „The automobiles are so new and we’re realising it is not nearly of reliability when it comes to PUs, there’s additionally reliability behind the scenes that the automobiles are experiencing too.
„We’re going by means of a little bit of a course of of constructing certain the elements on the automotive are doing what they wish to do. It is a part of it. I would not name it luck, I would just say we’ve to get higher at it, and do a greater job at it.“
