Alex Albon will launch his Spanish GP this afternoon from the Barcelona pitlane following a sequence of energy unit adjustments falling outdoors of the Williams driver’s 2024 allocation.
Albon, who certified a lowly nineteenth on Saturday, has been assigned a brand new battery and management electronics by engine provider Mercedes.
Nonetheless, with a most of two components of every part approved for the whole season, including a 3rd ingredient to the Williams driver’s pool of {hardware} has inevitably triggered a pitlane begin.
“The PU components have been changed with out the approval of the FIA technical delegate, this not being in conformity with Article 40.3 of the 2024 Components One Sporting Laws,” learn an announcement by the FIA stewards.
“Due to this fact automotive quantity 23 ought to now be required to begin the race from the pit lane in response to Article 40.9 of the 2024 Components One Sporting Laws.”
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In qualifying, Albon didn’t make the Q2 reduce by a slim margin, a shortfall the 28-year-old attributed partly to his tyres.
“I do not suppose tyre-wise we have been in an optimum place,” he stated;
“I felt like we underheated the tyres a bit of bit, so Flip 1, Flip 2, I used to be struggling a bit with steadiness. After which after that, I used to be proud of the lap. However that is what it’s now. It is so shut on the market.
“After I take a look at final yr to this yr, we have made an enormous step. It actually does really feel so much higher to drive, however we’re clearly nonetheless carrying some weight.”
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