James Vowles left with a sense of progress from Williams despite a Formula 1 Canadian GP of ups and downs for the British team, which still managed to score points in the race.
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The Miami GP earlier this month marked a very positive step for the team, which arrived in Montreal hoping to capitalize on the updates. And despite a clear improvement of the FW48, Carlos Sainz was only ninth in the GP after a strategy error and Alex Albon did not even finish after being hit by Oscar Piastri.
But that has not dampened Vowles’ spirit. “It’s great to see that, in Miami and Canada, we managed to improve performance and, although we are still not where we want to be, by no means, we are now able to score points in these races when we have the opportunity,” he explained in a post-race video shared on Williams’ accounts.
“We didn’t get everything right today. There are some decisions we clearly would have made differently with Carlos. And with Alex, through no fault of his own, he had a car capable of scoring points and was in position to do so before being taken out of the race. The most important thing for me, however, is that we are showing this progress to the other drivers and moving forward. It was not the start to the year we wanted. We still have a big points deficit compared to Alpine and, in this situation, also compared to Racing Bulls. But we are progressing,” he continued.
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“Arriving in Monaco, I think the car will again have a small performance jump, and it will be a track where we will have another opportunity to make our mark and see if we can fight for a position in the top 10, obviously with a stronger qualifying than in the last two races,” he continued.
“Over the next six months, we have a very good and solid development that will bring performance to the track on most weekends, or we will continue developing this way and ensure that we are regaining our space to score regularly,” he concluded.
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