Italian GP: Best race result possile for Williams F1 Team
By Williams F1 Team
September 7 2026
The 2026 Italian GP would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon finish 13th and 17th. Both drivers would in their own ways came away with decent races given the limitations of the FW48. For Carlos he would make a fantastic start in the first attempt, prior to a Red Flag, and he felt he had good race pace. But he would also suffer from deployment issues that saw him lose places in the opening laps of the race. For Alex starting from the rear of the grid after engine penalties made his race difficult but he would also come away falling victim to the issues that the FW48 has. It was a race where both drivers achieved the best result on the day as frustrating as that might be for the teams fans.
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Atlassian Williams F1 Team
Italian GP Race Review |
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Alex Albon:
"We tried to go long and make it on one set of hard tyres after the
red flag, but inevitably had some degradation towards the end of the
race. It was worth the gamble to try. Race pace was the best we’ve had
in awhile, due to taking a new PU this weekend, but it also shows what
we have underneath us and what we have to do to get to where we want to
be. We need to review the strategy from today and see what we could’ve
done differently - we had a decent race, but there are always things to
tidy up. Madrid will be a completely different track, and it won’t be
easy, but we’re looking forward to the challenge." |
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Carlos Sainz:
"First of all, happy to see Charles unharmed after such a big accident.
On our side, we executed a good race today and a strong weekend overall
given our limitations. We put together a solid qualifying yesterday and
had a good start and race pace today. Boxing under the VSC got us ahead
of Ocon with a great pit stop from our mechanics and good pace allowed
us to overtake Bearman at the end. I'm now very much looking forward to
Madrid next weekend." |
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James Vowles, Team Principal:
"It was nice to see we had some pace in the race to be able to move
up the order. We lost a few positions on the opening laps before the
restart, which may have proved costly for our ability to score points
today. But definitely some more clues coming out of the race about where
we need to be looking, and working hard and diligently to keep finding
performance.
With Carlos, he drove a good race from start to
finish, and that was about the best we could have achieved after the
restart. With Alex, solid pace all day. We were unable to stop him under
the VSC without significant loss of time, so we had to keep him out to
the end, but we noticed some concerning vibrations on the front left,
and given we weren't fighting for points, the priority at that point is
making sure we have no issues.
Congratulations to Kimi - a very
impressive result to come from the back to the front. Now looking
forward to Madrid in just a few days' time."
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Track: Autodromo Nazionale
Monza, Italy` |
Lap Length: 4.381km |
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Pos |
Driver |
Summary |
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13 |
C Sainz |
• Started: P13
• Fastest
lap: 1:25.683 |
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17 |
A Albon |
• Started: P20
• Fastest
lap: 1.25.341 |
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