WILLIAMS THWARTED BY CAR ISSUES

Williams’s 2024 campaign got off to a tricky start, with its Bahrain testing reliability gremlins striking again. Alex Albon had produced another decent qualifying performance to line up 13th, while team-mate Logan Sargeant ended up starting in 18th. Williams head of vehicle performance Dave Robson put part of this down to “a brake balance issue” aboard the American’s car in Q1, something that occurred more visibly in the race. “[The steering wheel] was just doing things on its own, without my asking,” Sargeant explained of his Turn 4 off on lap 10, when his brake balance was suddenly shifted massively forwards. “We thought we fixed it [after qualifying], but obviously it came back. It didn’t happen again once we changed the steering wheel [at Sargeant’s first pitstop]. Sargeant, who had been battling Kevin…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 07/03/24

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