Williams Method 1 driver Alex Albon described his workforce radio points in the course of the Las Vegas Grand Prix as “old-fashioned” racing.
Williams relied on pit boards to speak with the Thai-British driver in the course of the race across the streets of Las Vegas, and pictures has additionally emerged of him attempting to point to the workforce to alter his entrance wing.
“Yeah, effectively we did not have radio at any level within the race, so throwback, type of old-fashioned stuff,” Albon informed the media after the race.
“Pit boards out, nevertheless it was a disgrace as a result of after lap 1, with all of the crashing and every little thing, there was clearly injury on the automotive, nevertheless it was arduous to know if it was secure to drive.
“You are simply type of simply, ‘Oh it is turning.’ I do know there was injury as a result of I hit the automotive in entrance, and I feel I acquired hit from the again.”
After ranging from sixteenth on the grid, Albon was pressured to retire from the race.
“If you concentrate on it, no radio, no consciousness of blue flags, every kind of issues can occur,” he mentioned about what led to the retirement.
Alexander Albon, Williams
Picture by: Sam Bagnall / Sutton Photographs through Getty Photographs
“Even just a few little issues like security vehicles and particles on the observe, type of having to find it myself and all these sorts of issues, so you possibly can think about it isn’t best. On a observe like Vegas, it is a bit harmful, so we reduce it quick. “It is irritating as a result of I feel it is clearly a possibility missed, I feel we have been very sturdy by way of tempo, and even within the race after I had clear air, I used to be very fast.”
Albon at the moment sits eighth within the drivers’ standings with 73 factors, forward of the ultimate two rounds of the season. He now seems to be forward to the Qatar Grand Prix, which is ready to host the ultimate dash race of the season.
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