Belgian GP: Frustrating Friday for Atlassian Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
July 26 2025

The Friday practice and the following Sprint Qualifying would be a frustating time for both sides of the Atlassian Williams Racing garage. FP would see Carlos Sainz limited to running in only half the session as a result of what was descibed as a fuel system issue and then we would see Alex Albon eliminated in SQ1 with what was an engine related issue that affected his performance. But at least the team would have cause to celebrate when Carlos would finish Sprint qualifying in 6th. But it was certainly a day where the results could have been far better.

 
 Atlassian Williams Racing Belgian GP Sprint Qualifying
 
Albon
 
Sainz

Carlos Sainz:
"I’m happy with P6 today. It was a big turnaround from the team and myself after missing half of FP1, so it was good to get some decent laps in during SQ. We also have some updates on the car which I still need to properly understand in order to fine tune the set-up but, overall, when everything goes to plan, we can better show our pace. Hopefully tomorrow we can keep building through the weekend!"
Albon

Alex Albon:
"We had an issue which we thought we’d fixed after FP1, but we were losing a lot of lap time on the straights in Sprint Qualifying, so we will need to try something different to resolve it. We generally have a good car which seems quick around this circuit, so I’m still optimistic about the weekend."
 
Sainz
 
Sainz
 
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Lap Length: 7.004km
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
6 C Sainz Williams Racing 1:42.776 1:42.051 1:41.761
16 A Albon Williams Racing 1:43.212 - -
 
Sainz
 

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