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Williams Racing Azerbaijan GP
Race Review |
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Race Notes
• Nicholas Latifi finished 16th in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after
being awarded a post-race 30-second time penalty for an infraction under
the safety car, whilst George Russell was forced to retire due to a
gearbox issue
• George started the race 15th and Nicholas 16th, both on the medium
Pirelli tyre
• Nicholas switched to the hard compound tyre on lap nine before taking
the soft compound under a late race red flag
• George pitted on laps 1 and 34, each time for the hard compound,
before switching to the soft compound on lap 48 |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"It was a fairly lonely race for me today. Before the red flag, we
were committing to the one-stop strategy and I was doing what I needed
to do managing the tyres. In the end the result wasn't to be, which is a
shame as I felt I was driving really well throughout this weekend. On
the operational side, there were a few things where we needed to be
sharper so it's unfortunate." |
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George Russell:
"Unfortunately, we had a problem with the gearbox which forced me
to retire before the race restart. I was just coming to the line and
then I had no power, which is especially frustrating after so much
anticipation building up before those final two laps. It wasn’t meant to
be, and that’s racing sometimes. We’ll go away and analyse what
happened.
I was having a good race before that, the car felt fast and I had a lot
of confidence in it so there are definitely positives to take away from
the weekend." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Today was a busy race and we have a lot to go through over the
coming week. Baku usually delivers a busy race and today was certainly
one of those. In the end George was unable to take the race restart due
to a suspected gearbox issue and an earlier communication error with
Nicholas meant that he received a post-race time penalty.
We tried a different strategy with George to get him some free air and
an opportunity to pressure the cars ahead. Unfortunately, he couldn’t
find enough pace on the Prime tyre to make much progress even though the
car was working reasonably well. However, having stopped for new tyres
at the first Safety Car, he was in a good position as those ahead began
to struggle on their older tyres. Unfortunately, the second Safety Car
and subsequent race suspension gave all cars a chance to fit fresh tyres
for the final two lap sprint to the chequered flag." |
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