Albon names biggest 'missed opportunity' from F1 season

Alex Albon has described what he believes is his biggest “missedopportunity” from the 2023 Formula 1 season. The Thai-Britishdriver enjoyed a successful second season with Williams, scoring 27points to help the team end the Constructors' Championship inseventh place - its highest result since 2017. Albon scoredmultiple top 10 finishes during the campaign with his best resultcoming in Montreal and Monza, where he crossed the line in seventhplace. While the results went in Williams' favour at times thisyear, it was often due to its strong straight-line speed that madeit difficult to be overtaken. “I'm very proud of what we'veachieved at the team,” Albon told media including RacingNews365 .“I think about the races that we've scored points in. “We haven'thad a smooth race where we've just gone ‘Well, that was that wasnice’. “I wish we had more of them but unfortunately, a lot of themare holding up a bunch of cars behind us, which is what we'vebecome renowned for. “The car has improved a lot from last year.We’re going into every weekend feeling like there's a chance toscore points. “But even in that case our race pace is not alwaysthat great. And yet you still come away with points.” Missedopportunity Albon was paired with rookie Logan Sargeant this year,who endured a challenging campaign as he was involved in severalaccidents. Sargeant scored a singular point during the season andwas the only driver to be out-qualified by his team-mate at everyrace. While Albon was the superior driver at Williams, the27-year-old made a costly mistake at the Australian Grand Prix.Running deep inside the points, Albon lost control of his car atTurn 6 and hit the barrier, eliminating him from the race - leavinghim to label it as his biggest missed opportunity of the campaign.“I have to say that in reflection, I've had a lot of fun momentsthis year,” he said. “I think it also just speaks to the fact thatMelbourne was the only race where I felt like I missed anopportunity to score points. “But every other race we've done thisyear, when there's been a chance we've done it. “I think that'sbeen the main difference against our rivals.”