Good news for Alex Albon as Williams has managed to replace and repair enough parts for him to continue running the latest upgrades despite his Silverstone crash F1 AustrianGP
Albon was the other main victim after being tagged from behind byThe Anglo-Thai suffered a hard head-on hit with the pitwall and was transported to a Coventry hospital for precautionary checks.
But Williams' Head of Vehicle Engineering Dave Robson has now confirmed that the Grove outfit has managed to repair or replace the relevant parts, so that Albon can continue running the latest spec. "There is very little time to change the car before it passes into parc ferme at a sprint event and so we will need to be bold going into FP1 if we are to continue to push the performance."
Not only did Albon miss out on an entire race distance worth of knowledge and data on the upgrades, but most of British Grand Prix practice and qualifying being run in the wet further complicated any data gathering.
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