Williams Faces Setbacks as Albon Crash Limits Mexico Practice

Colapinto Sees Progress, Albon Faces Challenges in Mexico

26/10/2024

Williams F1 encountered mixed fortunes in Mexico, with Colapinto adapting well while Albon struggled after a difficult practice session.

Williams F1 faced a challenging day in Mexico, with setup choices that didn’t yield results for Franco Colapinto during FP2. Nevertheless, the Argentine driver is pleased with his first experience at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and his progress in finding the pace.

“It’s my first time driving here, and it was a good day. We made some changes to the car after FP1, but they didn’t work out; the car wasn’t really coming alive, so we’ll need to study that tonight,” Colapinto remarked.

“Overall, it was a positive day for me. The aim was to gradually find my rhythm and learn the circuit, which I managed to do. I think we completed a lot of laps and long runs that will be valuable for Sunday.”

Alex Albon had a more difficult day, with limited running due to a collision in FP1: “It was a frustrating day. We have a lot of work to do tomorrow, but I hope we’re not too far off because FP2 was a Pirelli test, so hopefully the lack of track time is less of a setback.”

The Thai driver explained the circumstances of the incident: “As for the crash, I think Ollie realised I was behind him too late, and he tried his best to speed up through the high-speed corners, but I just caught up with him in the worst part of the track, and there wasn’t much I could do to avoid it.”

Williams Faces Setbacks as Albon Crash Limits Mexico Practice

Williams Faces Setbacks as Albon Crash Limits Mexico Practice Williams Faces Setbacks as Albon Crash Limits Mexico Practice

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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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