Alex Albon rued a contact on the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that left his front wing in a pitiful state, however the Williams driver reckoned that his race, in spite of being jeopardized, was among his greatest yet in F1.
Albon suffered a contact simply after the start with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri that destroyed the ideal endplate of the Williams front wing, which in turn weighed on his efficiency for the rest of the afternoon which he concluded beyond the points, down in P12.
“It was three-abreast, Oscar had a car to his right, there was Bottas, so that was it actually,” explained the Williams driver.
“I don’t think it was anyone’s [fault]. There was a space, I was completely on the left. If I went any more to the left, I was going to hit the inside wall. So I do not believe it compromised anybody.
“If anything, most probably, I had damage on my front wing for the rest of the race, and my endplate came off. So I had slightly compromised [aerodynamics].
“It looks like a dog’s chewed it off, so we’ll have to see if there was any load issues with it.
“It was tricky trying to keep the Haas behind me whilst staying close to Oscar, and not a lot of room for overtaking with the shortened DRS zones.
Despite the commotion at the outset and a pointless result, Albon reckoned that he had enjoyed one of his best race weekends ever in F1.
“We really did maximise this weekend and I believe it was personally among my strongest, especially coming off Australia,” he said.
“I believe we definitely have more to find with the car, but I believe I’m ending up being at one with it, so ideally we can keep this going.”
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