Having began ninth, Albon was chasing a primary factors rating since Baku. However as an alternative, he headed off for an early bathtub after choosing up his second DNF previously three Grands Prix, to go together with a disappointing P16 in Austin.
Group mate Franco Colapinto didn’t have a straightforward day of it both – one thing he put right down to a poor qualifying, after he exited in Q1, scuffling with the stability of his automotive over one lap. Beginning down in P16 on the onerous compound tyres, climbing again to the factors for a second race in a row was all the time a troublesome ask.
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“Ranging from P16 with a McLaren and a Pink Bull behind, it was all the time going to be tough,” he admitted. “We did an excellent job, I feel we maximised what we had this weekend. The qualifying was very powerful for us, the automotive was not in an excellent place and we have been scuffling with the rear.
“This monitor, rear overheats a lot when you’ve got a stability like that, and after a slide in T3, a snap in 4, 5 and 6 and it was like a snowball for us in qualifying because the automotive was not within the candy spot. At the moment, we tried to maximise what we had.
“The instruments within the automotive, I feel we managed them very nicely within the race, we tried to do the most effective job we might to try to repair the stability.”
