Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto were left to rue another challenging weekend for Williams at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with Albon acknowledging that the team are having a “terrible, terrible time of it” recently as they again walked away with no points.
Saturday night’s race had initially started in promising style for Albon as the Thai driver made gains from his P17 grid slot, putting him in the battle for points following the first round of pit stops.
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But that charge came to a halt when he was forced to retire the car on Lap 25 of 50 owing to a suspected power unit issue, continuing a tough run of weekends for the Williams squad who have failed to score a point – as well as facing several heavy crashes – across the past three events.
“It’s frustrating,” Albon conceded after his early exit from the race. “I feel like we’ve had a terrible, terrible time of it as of late. It’s just frustrating. I was excited about the race, I felt like [we could score] great points hopefully.
“[I thought we could] repay the team – especially the mechanics and everyone at the factory – for all the hard work we’ve been going through over the last few weeks, and it would have been great to repay them, but it wasn’t meant to be. Another one to add to the list, so hopefully we can bounce back stronger in Qatar.”
