Singapore GP: Mixed Friday for Atlassian Williams Racing

By Williams Racing
October 4 2025

Friday practice for the 2025 Singapore GP would see the Atlassian Williams Racing Team come away with a mixed set of results. After FP2 we would see Carlos Sainz finish 8th and Alex Albon 13th. For Carlos it was a relatively straightforward day as he worked through his program. But for Alex Albon his Friday would start with a brake fire that saw him fail to complete any running in FP1. The team was able to repair his car in time for FP2 but the loss of track time affected his ultimate pace. On top of this both Carlos and Alex would suffer from several Red Flags during the FP2 session limiting their running. Still quite a lot of work to do in the final Saturday practice session, the only limitation been that FP3 is at a time that is not a reflection of when qualifying will run.


Williams Racing Singapore GP Friday Practice Review



	Alex Albon: "Not our best Friday today. Unfortunately, we had an issue in FP1 with our rear brakes, so we didn’t get any track running in and started the day on the back foot. It is so important to get laps in around this circuit because the track is so peaky and the windows are very small, so not getting subsequent laps puts you in a position where you just keep trying to learn the circuit. It was a very disjointed day, especially with the red and yellow flags, but we’ll see what we can understand from today and look to restart tomorrow."

	Carlos Sainz: "We’ve been relatively competitive all day. In FP2 we went with a different car setup and I struggled a bit more compared to FP1, losing a bit of confidence, so we’ll look into reverting back to the original configuration. We’ve got some homework to do tonight, as again we seem to struggle on the softs. Qualifying position is everything here, so we need to get into the right rhythm and make the right choices ahead of tomorrow."

Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore \| 4.94km

Driver	FP1	FP2
C. Sainz	1:31.812	1:31.299
A. Albon	No Time	1:32.060