As we prepare to head to Spa-Francorchamps for the penultimate race before the summer shutdown, the team has had plenty of media coverage during this two-week break.
From talk of performance gains to long-term ambitions, here’s what’s been said over the past week.
“The speed is there”
Speaking to
F1.com during the British Grand Prix weekend, Carlos Sainz struck a positive tone despite recent misfortune, confident that the results will come once a run of clean weekends arrives.
“The one thing that keeps me smiling is the speed that I have in the car and with the team, and I know we should be finishing every weekend as top of the midfield, except for maybe Barcelona and a few other places.
“The speed is there, I feel comfortable in the car, we just don't seem to get a break in terms of luck and execution of the weekend [and] reliability.
“Just way too many issues for the car we have, but at some point it's going to end and as soon as I get a bit of momentum going I know what we're capable of doing.”
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Upgrading
Alex Albon spoke to
Motorsport Week about the team's development direction, explaining how upcoming updates will be key to getting back into the fight at the front of the midfield.
“At least these last couple of weekends, we haven’t been the fifth quickest team,” he explained. “We’re definitely further down than that. [But] We’re doing upgrades.
“We want ones sooner rather than later. It will come on the car. Hopefully when it does, we can get back to where we were before.”
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Victor’s Goal
Williams Driver Academy member Victor Martins shared his ambitions with
Feeder Series, highlighting the importance of his relationship with the team as he targets a future in Formula 1.
“I don’t see any championship other than F2 to bring me closer to F1,” Martins said. “The goal is still very clear, especially also with Williams. The project we have now together is to help me to achieve this.
“My racing season, which is F2, is to just show myself – winning races, doing pole positions and then beside that getting some good support from Williams, being in the simulator, having TPC days, earning some FP1 [sessions] and that’s it.
“I’m not looking at the past, who else has done the same or who has done different. It’s just sometimes a matter of where you are and when. It’s just about timing and opportunity. [I] just need to maximise what I have in my hands and it will be good.”
Victor ahead of his FP1 outing in Barcelona
Answering the Hot Topics
Away from the circuit, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon joined forces for WIRED’s latest “F1 Drivers Answer the Most Googled Formula 1 Questions” video.
From finding out which feet they use to race, to whether their minds wander during a Grand Prix, hear straight from the drivers themselves as they tackle the internet’s most searched queries about the sport. Watch the full episode below.
Feeling the Heat
Speed met spice when Alex took on a new kind of challenge in the latest episode of Heat Eaters from the Hot Ones team.
Our No. 23 sat down with chef Esther Choi to take on a fiery three-course tasting menu tailored to his favourite foods, including a spicy twist on carbonara, a Pepper X-loaded In-N-Out-inspired burger, and Pad Krapow finished with Esther’s homemade Level 10 Last Dab.
Watch the full episode below, just don't blame us if your eyes water...