The opening days of practice for the 2024 Hungarian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with what was a positive result, especially in light of their expectations of struggling at the Hungaroring track. Alex Albon would finish Friday in 9th while Logan Sargeant was 12th. Both drivers had made changes to their cars between FP1 and FP2 that saw them feel that they had made a step forward. The last time the team had to contend with similar conditions was in Barcelona and the teams feels that they learnt from this and have made progress here in Hungary. Hopefully their progress will continue come Saturday.
Williams Racing
Hungarian Grand Prix Friday
Practice
Logan Sargeant:
"I think most importantly we made a good step forward between FP1
and FP2. I wasn’t super happy with where we were in FP1, but the
afternoon session felt a lot better. We just need to keep chipping away,
doing our homework and see what we can do better. The big player is the
track temperature. Tomorrow looks like it’s going to be a bit more
overcast than today, so that may play in our favour. I’m sure Sunday
will be tough on the tyres, but we’ll put ourselves in the best position
we can. Considering the track, I thought we would be in a worse position
than we are, so I’m looking forward to having a positive day tomorrow."
Alex Albon:
"I’m happy with the sessions today; there’s definitely work to do
as we’ve experimented a lot between FP1 and FP2, so we need to go
through the data and work out which bits worked and eliminate those that
didn’t. There’s more potential in the car but I’ll be surprised if we
stay where we are but it’s a positive start. Our long pace is looking
good and there is still more for us to learn from the data, so we’ll go
away and do our homework tonight."
Sven Smeets Sporting Director:
"Today
was all about testing some of our learnings from Barcelona. We had a
busy programme and made some improvements from FP1 to FP2 and are in a
better place now than where we were a few weeks ago in these hot track
conditions. There is still a lot of data to go through tonight, but our
race pace looks to have improved. It will be very hot on Sunday, so good
tyre management will be key to fighting for points."
Practice Classification
Driver
FP1
FP2
A. Albon
1:19.794 (14th)
1:18.514 (9th)
L Sargeant
1:19.885 (16th)
1:18.611 (12th)
Hungarian GP: Positive Friday for Williams Racing
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Date: 20/07/2024 01:51
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