Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Albon: ‘Very clear’ where I’m losing out to Verstappen

by Fergal Walsh
5 years ago
A A
Albon: ‘Very clear’ where I’m losing out to Verstappen
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Alexander Albon says it’s “very clear” where he is lacking lap time compared to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen after he failed to progress beyond Q2 in Bahrain on Saturday.

While Albon struggled, Verstappen lost out on pole position by 0.056s, with Mercedes locking out the front row of the grid, Valtteri Bottas ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in George Russell.

Albon asserted that he understands where he is losing out to Verstappen, adding that he was surprised by the feeling within the RB16 on the Soft tyre during qualifying.

“It’s very clear where it [the deficit] is,“ said Albon, who qualified 12th. “I could tell you where I was slow without looking at the data.

RelatedPosts

Charles Leclerc has emphased his devotion to Ferrari amid its 2025 struggles

How ‘love’ for Ferrari fuels Charles Leclerc’s F1 title ambitions

1 hour ago
Fernando Alonso has detailed the "one in 10 million" problem that caused his Aston Martin DNF at Monza

The ‘one in 10 million’ incident that cost Fernando Alonso in F1 Italian GP

15 hours ago

“It’s just honestly a little bit of a lack of FP3 running on the Soft tyre I think hurt us because it is so different.

“The Medium and the Hard is actually quite similar in terms of a feeling but the soft is quite different.

“It’s a tricky one and obviously it’s a lesson learned and it’s more experience for my side.

“It just meant that really when it came to qualifying it was tricky to get the low speed and the high speed – Turn 7 and 8, that was really the main area where I lost out – feeling well-balanced.”

Albon explained that he didn’t practice on the Soft tyre during FP3 to give him more sets for qualifying.

“[It was] just mainly to give us more chances in qualifying,” Albon said. “Just to have a smoother run of it.

“We kind of agreed if we could have a good balance on the hard tyre in the beginning of FP3 we could afford to save a tyre just so we had more tyres available to us for qualifying.

“It worked, the hard run in FP3 wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible and on theoretical pace it was actually very strong so we decided to use mediums in the second half of it which maybe hurt a bit more.”

Tags: Alex AlbonF1Max VerstappenSakhirGP
Share200Tweet125Share

Related Posts

Antonio Felix da Costa is leaving Porsche for pastures new. Image: TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Formula E

Porsche Formula E team confirms Antonio Felix da Costa departure

2 minutes ago
Charles Leclerc has emphased his devotion to Ferrari amid its 2025 struggles
Formula 1

How ‘love’ for Ferrari fuels Charles Leclerc’s F1 title ambitions

1 hour ago
Fernando Alonso has detailed the "one in 10 million" problem that caused his Aston Martin DNF at Monza
Formula 1

The ‘one in 10 million’ incident that cost Fernando Alonso in F1 Italian GP

15 hours ago
Load More

Discussion about this post

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
17Azerbaijan GP19-21 September
18Singapore GP03-05 October
19United States GP17-19 October
20Mexico City GP24-26 October
21São Paulo GP07-09 November

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri324
Lando Norris293
Max Verstappen230
George Russell194
Charles Leclerc163
Lewis Hamilton117
Alexander Albon70
Andrea Kimi Antonelli66
Isack Hadjar38
Nico Hulkenberg37

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

Charles Leclerc has emphased his devotion to Ferrari amid its 2025 struggles
Formula 1

How ‘love’ for Ferrari fuels Charles Leclerc’s F1 title ambitions

September 19, 2025
Fernando Alonso has detailed the "one in 10 million" problem that caused his Aston Martin DNF at Monza
Formula 1

The ‘one in 10 million’ incident that cost Fernando Alonso in F1 Italian GP

September 18, 2025
Oliver Bearman has to change his approach as he nears an F1 race ban
Formula 1

Oliver Bearman moots change in driving approach with F1 ban looming

September 18, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd