Report: Top five for Alex and Logan as Friday concludes

The team are reflecting on a very positive Friday at the British Grand Prix, one which left Alex Albon with a pair of P3’s to his name, whilst Logan Sargeant was also able to break into the top five in FP2.

In dry and windy conditions at Silverstone, we have been able to gather 105 laps of data between our pair to take us into the weekend, with good laps set in both high and low fuel setups.

Alex, who has been running the updated FW45 for the last two rounds, was P3 in both of Friday’s sessions, setting a best time of 1:29.089 in FP1 before a 1:28.296.

Logan, who is now in his second weekend with the new package, was P17 in the earlier session (1:30.124) but lept to P5 in FP2 with a 1:28.766.

Commenting on the day’s events, our No23 shared: “Obviously a very good day today.

“I think we need to stay true to ourselves as we don’t know what everyone else is doing.

“Looking at the timesheets you can’t not be happy, but I think it’s better to just focus on how we can continue to improve, as there’s still more to look at.

“Let’s also hope tomorrow stays dry.”

Across the other side of the garage, Logan was also pleased with his progression throughout the day.

“It was a decent Friday in Silverstone,” Sarge shared, continuing: “Despite being quite tricky with high temperatures and high winds, making it very unpredictable throughout the lap.

“We’ve done a good job to get on top of it, however, there are still some improvements to make ahead of tomorrow.

“Either way, it was a great day driving this amazing track and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance, was keeping a keen eye on things from the pit wall, and concluded by saying: “We got through a good amount of work in FP1 with both drivers completing their programmes, including a first look at some new aerodynamic items.

“Alex ran a new front wing, which is working well; he will keep this for the rest of the weekend.

“Meanwhile, Logan looked at a new rear wing, which will race later in the season. Despite the distraction of doing these tests, both drivers were still able to get a good look at the track and the conditions.

“FP2 was a normal race weekend session and both drivers were able to set good lap times at low and high fuel despite the windy conditions.

“This is the first time that we have seen the upgrade package, which we introduced in Canada, run on a circuit as demanding and varied as Silverstone.

“This has enabled us to collect a lot more data than was possible in Canada and Austria and will help us understand if the development direction was correct.

“Alex and Logan were very strong today and set fast laps in tricky conditions, however, the conditions are likely to vary over the next couple of days and we still have a lot of work to do to secure a good result.

“We’ll focus on the things we can influence and try to maintain the good momentum into tomorrow.”