Albon is disappointed with gap to Verstappen: "But there is progress"

“It’s still not where I want to be, but it’s an improvement. We’ll see in the race, I think last week was a blistering issue and that’s where we were much stronger that the others, we didn’t blister”, explains Albon in Red Bull's online press release. 

Fewer problems with tyres

“By the looks of it, this weekend it’s not going to be blistering, just pure degradation, which means our advantage isn’t as strong as it was in Silverstone. I think our racepace will be strong, but not as strong as last week”. Albon was disappointed with his disappointing qualification, despite his sixth place. When asked if it was because of the big gap with Max Verstappen, Albon was short and clear: "Yes, that's right"

“There is a good chance that we’re gonna do split strategies tomorrow, with one stops and two stops. It will all depend on how good your car is on the tires. We’ll have to see how it goes and we’ll have to adapt to everyone else. Even with Racing Point, their race pace wasn’t too bad so I don’t think they will be slow. You just have to find the right spots to pit, you don’t want to end up in a DRS-train, it’s so hard to overtake once there is a group of cars in front", according to Albon