Williams F1's Albon: 2024 Expectations Not Met Yet

Albon Calls 2024 a ‘Disappointing’ Season for Williams F1

03/08/2024

Albon expresses dismay over Williams F1’s 2024 performance, noting the team’s failure to meet expectations.

Alexander Albon has stated that the first half of the 2024 season has been challenging for Williams F1, as they have not introduced significant upgrades to their car.

Albon has thus described his season so far as “disappointing,” attributing this to the lack of developments, which explains why they are only ninth in the championship standings.

“We’ve been on the back foot from the start. We were behind in producing our car last year, and we’ve paid the price throughout the season so far. That’s pretty much the story of where we are now.”

“I know James (Vowles) made a conscious decision to sacrifice this winter to put the right processes in place, but we still hoped to catch up a bit, with more new features on the car later on.”

Albon hopes that the team will begin to make progress with their single-seater as the season resumes.

“We haven’t had many improvements this season so far, so we’ve been on the defensive. I hope we will be working hard at the factory. Everyone is working very hard. Of course, there’s a mandatory break right now, but time will tell.”

“If we can introduce our first real upgrade to the car as soon as we return, I think we can start fighting for points a bit more consistently.”

Williams F1's Albon: 2024 Expectations Not Met Yet

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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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1
Mercedes
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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