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Williams Racing Austrian GP
Race Review |
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Race Notes
• George Russell finished 11th and Nicholas Latifi 15th in the Austrian
Grand Prix
• George started 8th and Nicholas 18th, both on the medium Pirelli tyre
• Both drivers ran a one-stop strategy, with George pitting for the hard
compound on lap 30 and Nicholas following suit on lap 33 |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"It wasn’t a very eventful day from my side; we stayed out of
trouble on the opening laps and then I ran on my own for most of the
race. I felt like we were still lacking overall pace, but there were
places where the car felt much better than last week, so we’ve clearly
made some steps forward. We will go away and see what we can improve for
next time out." |
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George Russell:
"Today was so close, yet so far. I got off the line well at the start,
but then Tsunoda had quite a big lock up and cut in front of me to avoid
going into his teammate, so I had to get on the brakes and lost a couple
of places. That didn’t really change the outcome of our race as there
were faster cars that were always going to finish ahead of us. That P10
point would feel like a race victory for us, so I was fighting with
everything I had. Of all the drivers to have behind you in this
situation, Fernando wouldn’t be who you’d choose; he was flying and
holding him off just wasn’t possible on my tyres. We’re all disappointed
to miss out by such a small margin, but we’re making real progress and
we’ll take the positives on to Silverstone." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We gave it everything today and fought hard with the midfield teams.
Frustratingly, George couldn’t quite hold on to 10th place, but we can
be pleased with our weekend’s work. The car has behaved well, and we
have pushed it very hard.
After a challenging triple-header, we are
looking forward to some time at home before we head to Silverstone,
where we’ll look to build on the work from the last couple of weekends.
It will be great to be back at Silverstone in front of a home crowd as
we take on the challenge of the new Sprint Qualifying format." |
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