{"id":18415,"date":"2023-10-29T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T05:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=367496"},"modified":"2023-10-29T11:17:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T05:47:16","slug":"f1-frustration-mounts-for-albon-as-qualifying-woes-hit-williams-surprising-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/formula-1\/f1-frustration-mounts-for-albon-as-qualifying-woes-hit-williams-surprising-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"F1: Frustration Mounts for Albon as Qualifying Woes Hit Williams\u2019 Surprising Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an unexpected turn of events, Alex Albon, who had displayed promising performance in free practice for the Mexico City race, faced a series of frustrations during qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a strong start, Albon and his teammate Logan Sargeant encountered challenges with their car\u2019s handling, leaving them struggling to maintain their pace.<\/p>\n<p>Albon managed to secure a spot in Q3 but was later penalized, dropping him to a 14th starting position due to a track limits violation.<\/p>\n<p>Albon expressed his frustration, questioning the decision and highlighting the difficulty in discerning track limits from the available footage. Moreover, he lamented the significant drop in the team\u2019s performance, emphasizing the lack of grip and rear stability that hampered his qualifying laps.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 Head of Vehicle Performance, Dave Robson, echoed the confusion, expressing the team\u2019s bewilderment at the drastic shift in their car\u2019s performance between free practice and qualifying sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unexpected turn of events, Alex Albon, who had displayed promising performance in free practice for the Mexico City\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":39150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[943],"class_list":["post-18415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","tag-f1"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}