Unlocking Albon s Williams Progress James Vowles Role f1 2024
Alex Albon's remarkable comeback at Williams has garnered attention (Image: Getty Images).

Albon’s Quest for Success at Williams F1 Team

18/01/2024

Alex Albon is highly regarded at Williams F1, but as with any driver who has returned to prominence, he is naturally looking to achieve better results.

How far is the Grove-based team from achieving this? The Thai driver admits to having questioned James Vowles, the team’s boss for a year.

Vowles, of course, has a benchmark in the best areas as he has been involved in Mercedes F1‘s numerous successes in recent years before leaving his role as chief strategist.

“I’m a curious guy,” Albon smiles.

“I asked James about this because it’s important for me to know: how are we doing? Where are we? Are we further behind than he thought, and is this gap increasing or decreasing with the time he spends with the team?”

“It’s interesting. There are specific areas where we are very strong as a team. I think we are a very strong racing team. I think we execute our weekends very well with our current resources.”

“I don’t think we often have a bad strategy, that we make the most of every moment, and when we are able to score points, we do almost every time.”

“But of course, there are areas where we need to improve and where we are far behind. James’s attention has definitely shifted to broader areas, which are much more important to focus on for the long term. Like aging infrastructure. He immediately tackled this because there were few questions on this side, and it takes a long time to rejuvenate everything.”

“So, it’s interesting to talk to him and see in which areas we are different from the team he knew before. And it’s not always bad things, because we are different.”

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Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

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458
2
Haas
457
3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
405
5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
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