Dutch GP: No points but promising race for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing September 5 2022
The 2022 Dutch GP would see the Williams Racing Team secure 12th and 18th places in the results after what was an eventful race, most of the reasons behind this not related to the Williams Team but still affected their race strategy. Alex Albon would secure the 12th in what was a pretty straight forward race. Despite the fact that Alex was not able to achieve a points scoring result it was still a promising result given the expectations coming into the Dutch event. As for Nicholas Latifi his 20th was just the culmination of another disappointing weekend across all the sessions and the race.
Williams Racing
Dutch GP
Race Review
Nicholas Latifi:
"It was
just a race to forget really. We’ve been struggling with pace the whole
weekend and it’s quite confusing to me as to why. Due to the issue in
qualifying we didn’t really get the chance to see where we would have
been on pace, so one to learn from."
Alex Albon:
"I think coming into today, we didn't have high expectations, so
think we've proven we're not too far away from the points. We didn't
expect much from the high downforce circuit, so it's positive and I
think going forward we won't be so scared of these types of circuits and
can focus on fighting for points. I was happy with the car, despite just
lacking a bit of lap time. There's still a little bit to find, but we
can work on this and look at what we can do, as right now we're fine
tuning the package and know its limitations. It's not points but it's a
good job. "
Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"I think
we can be pretty pleased with the way that we executed the race today.
There were a huge range of valid strategies, with all three compounds
offering potentially useful trades in the overcast conditions. The
Safety Car periods mixed things up a little and gave teams the
opportunity to change from their base strategies. We were quite
comfortable on the Medium tyre and looked to be finding a good rhythm on
the Hard before the Safety Car gave us the opportunity to switch Alex to
the Soft. Ultimately, we couldn’t score any points and the Safety Car
didn’t help our cause today as it allowed Gasly a free tyre change.
However, we were able to beat the Alfa Romeo and Haas cars as well as a
McLaren and an Aston Martin. It was a shame to finish behind Pierre for
the second weekend in a row, but he had good pace and qualified four
places ahead of Alex. Hopefully we can turn the tables on him next
weekend!
Nicky went for an aggressive start on the Soft tyre but fell back and
completed a fairly lonely race in free air. He showed decent pace on new
tyres but struggled to control the degradation. We will investigate this
over the coming days to see if we can find some ways to improve the
situation in Monza."
Track: Circuit Zandvoort,
Netherlands Lap
Length: 4.259 km
POS
DRIVER
TEAM
Time (Fastest Lap)
Grid
12
A ALBON
Williams Racing
+30.390 (1:15.534)
15
18
N LATIFI
Williams Racing
+ 1 lap (1:16.066)
20
Dutch GP: No points but promising race for Williams Racing
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Date: 05/09/2022 07:30
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