Alexander Albon

Williams · P18 · 5 p

The Williams car currently sits in the back half (2.24 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Albon is stronger on Sunday than on Saturday: race pace (2.42 s/lap) is closer to the front than qualifying pace (2.76). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.12 s/lap. Tyre management is better than the field's: Albon's stints lose less pace per lap than others on the same compound.

Albon has 5 points to Sainz's 7. In qualifying Sainz leads the intra-team qualifying battle 12–3, by 0.180 s/lap on average in Sainz's favour. In races where both were classified: 4–3 to Sainz, and in race pace Sainz is 0.146 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Albon an edge of 0.05 s/lap.