Alex Albon details Williams struggles: 'Putting out little fires'

Alex Albon has delivered insight into the struggles he has endured at Williams this season.

The Thai driver entered his fifth F1 campaign with the Grove-based squad and hoped to be handed a competitive car as Williams pooled its resources into the 2026 challenger.

However, it has been on the back foot throughout the season and has slipped from its position in last year's pecking order.

It has marked a difficult adjustment for Albon and his team-mate Carlos Sainz.

“It’s very psychological this year, in that sense, because there is no easy thing,” Albon told media including RacingNews365.

“As a team, we’re also fighting extinguishers. We have little fires that we’re trying to put out. So it’s hard to differentiate what’s you and what’s the car.”

Williams has failed to score at the last five grands prix, and currently sit ninth in the constructors' championship at the summer break.

Albon detailed that he took on a fresh approach in the recent rounds, which he believes resulted in an improved performance.

“All you can do, which is my approach for the last three, four races, is just purely focus on the driving and let engineering do engineering,” he said.

“If you think you’ve done a good job, you’ve done a good job, and kind of leave it like that. 

“So it’s a very simple approach to going into a race weekend, but it’s actually something which I feel like my last few weekends, my performance has got a lot stronger because of doing that.

“As the year goes on, it’s almost like a cross list. We just cross out, fix problems, and get to the next one.”