Austrian GP: Confusing Friday for Atlassian Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
June 28 2025
The Friday practice sessions for the 2025 Austrian GP would see the Atlassian Williams Team come away with very different results across the two sessions. The opening FP1 would see both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz finish inside the top ten but FP2 would see a reversal with Alex & Carlos 16th & 17th. It would seem that both drivers were not able to extract the best from the soft tyre but in comparison their performances on the harder tyres were very positive. Was such a confusing day which hopefully the team can find a solution overnight.
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Williams Racing
Austrian GP Friday
Practice Review |
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Alex Albon:
"Yes, we're a little bit confused ourselves as well. It's not
feeling terrible up there, but it's not feeling fantastic. We need to
understand the wind change. We know that we don't like certain winds
which might have hit us in a non-favourable way. Also, we're still okay
on the harder compounds. It seems like when we put on the Softs we fall
back. We need to figure that out. We need to experiment a bit in FP3 and
we've always been able to bounce back to a certain point. The track
should be much hotter tomorrow, which means it kind of resets anyway.
For tomorrow, I'm confident if we can get the tyre working, I think we
should have the car and we've got the race pace, so let's see." |
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Carlos Sainz:
"Overall, I think our performance has been encouraging despite the
time sheet after FP2. We clearly had some issues putting a lap together
on the Soft tyre, but on the Medium and Hard tyres I felt very
competitive out there. Compared to other teams, we are struggling to
maintain the grip through the lap on the Soft tyre. We will look into it
closely tonight. Our race pace seems okay, so we’ll try to find answers
for the softer compound and improve as the weekend goes by." |
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Red Bull Ring, Austria | 4.318km |
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| Driver |
FP1 |
FP2 |
| A. Albon |
1:05.946 (7th) |
1:05.765 (16th) |
| C. Sainz |
1:06.017 (8th) |
1:05.814 (17th) |
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