Williams have been locked in a battle for eighth within the championship with Alpine for a lot of the season, and entered Sunday’s race only one level forward of their rival after Pierre Gasly scored in Saturday’s Dash to shut the deficit.
However second and third for Esteban Ocon and Gasly then jumped Alpine all the way in which as much as sixth within the standings, now 32 factors forward of Williams, with eighth-placed RB a sizeable 27 factors in entrance.
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“Our rivals, Alpine, have been fast within the race, little doubt about it,” Vowles mentioned. “They deserved these positions, however they scored an enormous bag of factors, placing them again up into a really excessive championship place and demoting us again all the way down to ninth.
“I by no means surrender till it is time to surrender and that will not be till we’re in Abu Dhabi and the chequered flag has dropped. Now we have two quick drivers, and we have now a quick automotive beneath us.”
