Accidents at the Brazilian GP left Williams without answers

These last two Formula 1 GPs have not been entirely kind to the team Williams. In GP of Mexico, Alex Albon crashed in Free Practice 1 after contact Oliver Bearman. That weekend didn’t get much better for the Briton who after starting at Autodromo Hermanos Jerez had contact with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda. In addition, Albon suffered a major accident just a week later at the GP of Brazil. In a classification where rain and red flags were the stars, it spoiled the weekend of the experienced pilot of Williamsm who cannot compete with GP because the damage is too severe to resolve within a few hours.

On the other side of the garage, the Argentine Franco Colapinto He also crashed in qualifying and, although the team fixed his car in time, he suffered another major accident in the wet race that brought out the red flag. These accidents left the British team in check. In GP of Brazil, Mechanics and engineers had to grit their teeth and act quickly to get the Argentine car ready for the race. They had to include alternative parts because they didn’t come with the same parts as the GP specification.

Several incidents left the team without spare parts Williamsand its director, James Vowleshave recognized that they now have a race against time to decide how best to prepare for the next competition in Vegas. The real problem for the British team was the lack of resources and spare parts. The team must find a way to create a competitive car for the characteristics of Vegas without incorporating new parts and applying old incomplete specifications. We will see how they manage this puzzle in a major season finale for the fight for the position in the constructors’ championship.

Statements by James Wolves
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On Sunday after the race, James Wolves was asked about the actions the team would take to try to deal with the problem they were facing: “No team on the grid could cope with five major accidents in two race weekends. “The issue is simply that the spare parts we carry are not enough to withstand the amount of wear and tear.”explained the team leader Williams.

However, he is quite optimistic about the next GP. Las Vegas: “I have high hopes for Las Vegas. Last year we were fast there and I was confident that the car would work well in those conditions, it started James Wolves. After a while, he acknowledged the problem of spare parts and details but explained that the team will try to offer its drivers an appropriate car for testing: “We will do our best to get both cars to the best possible specification, with enough spare parts around us to do sohe explained after the GP.

He also explained that they are still trying to recover the pieces from the previous Mexican GP and that the last one in Brazil was the most brutal he could remember: “We are still recovering the Brazilian elements and determining what we should do in terms of construction and development to achieve the best possible scenario”explained the team leader Williams “The weekend in Brazil was probably the most brutal I can remember in my entire career. In seven days, a little more, we had five major accidents.”he admitted James Wolves.