Hungarian GP: Qualifying reset for Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
July 31 2022

After the excitment of the final Saturday practice where Williams Racing cars finished 1st and 3rd the team would suffer a reset when it came to qualifying. The pactice was run under wet track conditions but qulaifying was run under a dry track and this would see both Williams drivers suffer from the limitations of their car. Alex Albon would go on to finish 17th in the session while team-mate Nicholas Latiif would finish 20th. For Nicky this may have not been the case as in his last Q1 run he was fastest in the first sector but would make a costly mistake at the final corner that saw his lap go away from him. Sunday's race is expected to be dry so again it is most likely going to be a tough event but one thing about Hungary is that pretty much anything can happen.

 
 Williams Racing Hungarian GP Qualifying Review
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Nicholas Latifi:
"After a positive FP3 in the wet, we had to reset the expectations for Qualifying with it being dry. I was looking to be on the cusp of Q2, but I missed the last corner quite bad. It's frustrating to make a mistake in the final corner with snap of oversteer on entry after a big tailwind. I was surprised to hear I had a purple sector one. However, we’re still missing downforce from the package, so we know where we need to improve. It’s difficult to overtake here but we’ll be looking to capitalise on any opportunities that may come in the race tomorrow."
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Alex Albon:
"I was really happy with my qualifying lap. It was tricky going from the wet FP3 to a dry qualifying, the wind changed and we were missing a little bit of downforce. We’re very fast down the straights, but that is not the most helpful round this track. But we’ll do a rain dance ahead of tomorrow and we’ll see what we can do strategy wise."
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Today was mixed in many senses. The wet conditions for FP3 were not unexpected and with the rain potentially lasting into Qualifying, we opted to run on both the full wet and the intermediate tyres in FP3. Both drivers were happy with their cars and were able to complete good, unhindered runs. We obviously showed good pace in the wet, which was encouraging and enjoyable. However, with Qualifying ultimately taking place in dry conditions, we knew that we would struggle more. Again, both drivers had good clean runs in qualifying and perfect laps from either would’ve seen them into Q2. However, with the wind picking up, getting that perfect lap was difficult. Both drivers came close to perfect, but both struggled in the final long corners. It was a shame to miss out having done so many good things today, but that is how tight it is at the moment.

There could be further rain tomorrow and as we have seen here many times before, a lot can happen in the race; we’ll be ready to take any opportunity that we get."
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Track: Hungaroring, Hungary  

Lap Length: 4.381 km

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

 Q3
17 A Albon Williams Racing

1:19.256

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20 N Latifi Williams Racing 1:19.570 - -
 
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