“We had sufficient [for the top 10], we had greater than sufficient to be sincere,” Albon stated after the race. “We had been coming by means of the sphere rather well on the laborious tyre, we had been about to enter a web P8 after which the Security Automobile got here out on the improper time.
“We then needed to double stack each vehicles so I misplaced one other two positions within the pit cease after which we had been P12.”
Albon wound up on the popular medium compound tyre late on, and was closing in on the highest 10, having DRS (drag reduction system) on Kimi Antonelli, who in flip was simply half a second behind Ollie Bearman.
However Haas driver Bearman held on to the ultimate level, leaving Albon together with his lowest ending slot of the yr – the Thai driver having claimed P5, P7 and P9 in Australia, China and Japan respectively.
“For me, it feels extra like a missed alternative. We didn’t qualify the place we should always have, simply bought a bit of bit caught within the pit lane yesterday,” Albon added.
