Hungarian GP: Compromised race for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
August 1 2022
The 2022 Hungarian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with a race that was compromised even before the end of the first lap. Both Williams drivers would suffer damage on the opening lap that would see Alex Albon forced to pit with front wing damage while team-mate Nicholas Latifi would suffer from a poorly balanced car after his front wing was also damaged. Alex and Nicholas would go on to finish well down the order in 17th and 18th, not the result for the team to see out their season prior to the summer break.
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Williams Racing
Hungarian GP
Race Review |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"Unfortunately,
our race was compromised at the start through some front wing damage. It
wasn't great as the damage set us back with much more tyre degradation
than we were hoping for. The balance was very tricky with the wind, so
we have to find a way to adjust that later in the season. Not the best
way to go into the summer break, but we'll take the time to recharge and
look to bounce back in Spa." |
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Alex Albon:
"The race was okay. We were a bit out of sequence with the early
damage and there was a lot of tyre degradation and a lot of pitstops,
which didn’t make it easy. It’s been a tricky weekend for us, but it has
been a good learning weekend, continuing to understand the strengths and
the weaknesses of the new package. Looking back at the season so far,
personally I’m happy; it’s gone well and better than I expected, and I
go into the summer break pretty happy. Obviously, we’re not where we
want to be positioning on circuits, but we’ve got time to reset now and
we’ll come back stronger after the break. " |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Unfortunately,
the rain was never enough to affect the race and with both cars
suffering damage on the 1st lap, we were forced into a difficult race.
Alex had to box for a new front wing on lap 2 and although Nicky was
able to continue, the damage to his wing did cost him performance for
the rest of the race. All the tyre compounds were difficult today with
many drivers unhappy about at least one of their choices. We opted to
avoid the Hard tyre, which offered poor pace, and this required a very
disciplined race from both drivers.
It has been a challenging weekend and we are now looking forward to a
break from the track. When the 2nd half of the season starts in a few
weeks’ time the races come quickly, starting in Belgium. Fortunately,
Spa is a very different track to the Hungaroring and we are looking
forward to being more competitive there." |
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Track: Hungaroring, Hungary
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Lap Length: 4.381 km |
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
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17 |
A ALBON |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:23.047) |
17 |
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18 |
N LATIFI |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:22.478) |
19 |
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