Stroll endured the most challenging season of his career in F1 2023.
Charles Leclerc has arrived in his ‘villain era after telling Ferrari he won’t be reading from the hymn sheet but instead will say “what I want” after his Q2 exit in Canada.
They are a world class organization which we enjoy competing against week in and week out.
Neither Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz progressed out of Q2 on Saturday where they were less than a tenth down on P10 in that segment.
Albon scored the lion’s share of Williams’ points last time around and earned an 18-3 head-to-head race record last year (with a double retirement at Suzuka).
And Mercedes continued to flex their muscles as Russell delivered a 1:12.
he was only 11-9 ahead (with Qatar and Austin excluded after a Sainz DNS and Leclerc DSQ respectively).
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