Alex Albon believes Williams “ought to have scored factors” in final weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix as he and staff mate Carlos Sainz suffered setbacks.
Each drivers failed to succeed in Q3 in Qualifying at Interlagos, with neither driver having taken any factors from Saturday’s earlier Sprint.
The Williams duo usually lacked tempo in contrast with many midfield groups because of the circuit’s traits.
Within the 71-lap race, each drivers hovered on the sting of the highest 10, with Albon ending P11 however lower than two seconds behind Liam Lawson, who led a train of cars to the chequered flag.
“I feel we should always have scored factors right this moment,” stated Albon.
“I must evaluation the technique, however we put ourselves in a great place, then stayed out too lengthy on the primary stint and it compromised the remainder of our race. So, we missed a great likelihood for factors.”
When requested if it was a circuit which did not swimsuit the FW47, Albon added: “Perhaps, however we have to perceive why, as a result of we speak quite a bit about subsequent 12 months, however we have to additionally perceive why at weekends like this, we’re so sluggish.
“I feel we had been the slowest automobile this weekend on paper, and we’ve simply been struggling.”
Sainz might solely declare P13, simply one-second behind Albon, however was nursing injury after opening nook contact with Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari.
Williams nonetheless stay P5 within the Teams’ Championship regardless of non-scoring, however sit simply 29 factors away from Racing Bulls with three Grands Prix and a Dash remaining, as each Lawson and Isack Hadjar completed inside the highest 10 in Brazil.
“I feel I simply obtained squeezed by Lewis on the surface,” stated Sainz.
“There have been some vehicles on the within, I had nowhere to go, and that compromised my race as a result of I misplaced the entrance wing there – a giant a part of the entrance wing – and from there, I used to be combating a whole lot of understeer within the automobile and a whole lot of entrance deg [degradation], which made me slower than what we might have been.
“A little bit of a sluggish pit cease at first, and once you begin including issues up, we’re a few seconds away from the factors – you all the time marvel what might have been.”
