Motor Racing-Albon Hopes Williams Hit The Ground Jogging, If Not Running

Williams have ironed out lots of final 12 months’s issues however should take time to hit their stride when the Formula One season begins in Bahrain subsequent week, Thai driver Alex Albon stated on Thursday.

The former champions moved up from final to seventh final 12 months and have overhauled their automotive as they search to construct on their enchancment.

“We have fixed a lot of the problem areas from last year but there’s some new things we have to iron out. Part of the learning curve but it’s going well so far,” Albon instructed reporters throughout testing in Bahrain.

“It is tricky to put an absolute number on it. What’s clear is it’s going to take a while to get there,” he added of the advance.

“It’s a totally different car to understand. I don’t think we’re going to hit the ground running but we can hit the ground jogging and have a good few races hopefully.”

Williams had a tough first day in Bahrain on Wednesday with Albon doing 40 laps and U.S. crew mate Logan Sargeant solely 21 because of a gas pump failure and driveshaft drawback respectively.

Thursday proved rather more optimistic, with Sargeant protecting 117 laps.

“We still had a couple of issues throughout the day,” the American instructed F1 TV.

“Generally a positive day. We made good headway in the right direction. We know the direction we need to keep heading in… there’s plenty of things we still need to fix.”

The American stated he was nonetheless preventing the automotive greater than he would really like.

“It’s still a good car, we just need to iron out the details, get the balance in a slightly better place but we have plenty of ideas and tricks.”

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