“It’s frustrating – we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Albon said. “In some ways possibly less was learnt by other teams because they weren’t running tyres from this year, so I’m hoping it means the lack of track time is less compromising.”
Albon’s early exit left Franco Colapinto with the lion’s share of the work at Williams, and he finished the second practice session in 15th place.
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“It felt good, we did a pretty decent change for FP2, and the car felt a bit less alive so that’s something to look at,” Colapinto said.
“But the key was to get up to speed and get used to the track, that’s going well, I’m feeling quite comfortable with the track and the car, so that’s going in the right direction.”
