Alex Albon still in the points in Miami
Alex Albon scored an additional 2 points in Miami, bringing his total to 3 units in the championship. His arrival at Williams is great!
Already achieving a 10th place in Melbourne 1 month ago, Alex Albon continues to impress. After slightly less brilliant and remarkable first two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, finishing 13th and 14th respectively, the Thai driver seems to have already perfectly adapted to his new environment at Williams.
While Nicholas Latifi continues to occupy the last places in anonymity, Albon manages to extract much more from his FW44 than the Canadian does. Starting from 18th place this Sunday in Miami, “Albono” achieved a similar performance to the one he had delivered in Melbourne, climbing up to 10th place. However, with the addition of the 5-second penalty for Fernando Alonso ahead of him, the Williams driver ultimately finishes 9th, bringing 2 crucial points to the Grove team.
While he had already come close to scoring points two weeks ago in Imola, Albon has now managed to fight for points in three consecutive races. The Williams team has shown a resurgence in performance after being considered one of the worst cars on the grid at the start of the season. Is it thanks to an in-form Alex Albon or a combination of both? Most likely a good mix of the two.
Another hypothesis put forward by the Thai himself: his red dye. « We dyed them before Melbourne and we finished 10th, and then when the dye faded, we finished 11th in Imola. So it started to affect the performance! So, we dyed them again, hoping for more points! » he declared during the press conference on Thursday before the start of the weekend in Miami. Prophetic words.
Albono’s last three races:
P10 🇦🇺
P11 🇮🇹
P10 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/tCYJmd0wAp— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) May 8, 2022
