“In the end, it’s my mistake,” Alex Albon admits to his ‘costly error’ at the Singapore GP
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Alex Albon had an outing to forget at the Singapore Grand Prix where he crashed out during the very early stages of the race. The Thai-British driver has recently talked about his exploits and indicated that it was his fault.
Alex Albon made the return to F1 after sitting out the Italian Grand Prix due to an appendicitis problem, and while the 26-year-old started the race from P18, a poor first lap and a spin at Turn 7 dropped him down to last on the grid.
Moreover, this was not the only incident that Albon had a part to play in, on lap 7 of the 61-lap Grand Prix, he crashed into the barriers at Turn 8, and that was the final nail in the coffin when it came to bringing a premature end to his race.
The former Red Bull driver, despite making contact with the barriers was able to bring his FW44 into the pits, but Williams deemed the damage on the car ‘too much’ for Albon to continue.
Alex Albon’s take on his errors during the Singapore GP
The Singapore GP was held on a water-drenched circuit where it was extremely difficult to judge the braking points and while Albon’s race came to an early end, he while talking about it said, “[It’s] frustrating, I need to have a look at it, obviously. I had a quick look at it when I came out of the car. Nothing strange, I didn’t brake later or anything, just got caught out. We will have a look.”
“It’s quite tricky in the wet with getting the brakes in the correct window. In the end, it was my mistake, but it was a tricky one out there. Frustrating obviously. We didn’t really have the pace this weekend but we will fight back in Japan.”
Moreover, when Albon was asked whether his spin on the first lap and the crash were caused by the same issue, he recalled an incident from the Monaco Grand Prix where he ran straight on at Turn 1 in wet conditions.
While talking about the same, Albon added, “Same thing, braking, struggling. I’ve done it as well in Monaco; it’s the same kind of stuff it seems like,” said Albon. “[We] need to get a little bit on top of the feeling I get in the car.”
“Nothing’s necessarily wrong, it just makes it very tricky out there when it starts raining. We will do our homework and come back stronger.”
Alex Albon has sounded extremely disappointed with how the Singapore Grand Prix panned out for him, but he is aware that there are still five races left in the season and wants to make a strong comeback at the Suzuka International Racing Course.
The Williams F1 team was one of the four outfits that were not able to score any points during the Singapore GP, and considering this fact, would Albon and Co. be able to score points in Japan?
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