New car regulations favouring aggressive drivers: Albon

Atlassian Williams driver Alexander Albon feels the brand new automobile laws go well with drivers with a extra aggressive driving type.

Talking forward of the Bahrain GP, to be held in Sepang, Malaysia, this weekend, Albon reckoned it’s one cause championship chief Andrea Kimi Antonelli has excelled to date, regardless of it being simply his second yr within the sport.

“The vehicles themselves are quite a bit smaller. Mainly, I believe plenty of the drivers push entries, so in case you assume famously, somebody like Lewis (Hamilton) and I believe Kimi does a really comparable factor. They’re being rewarded as a result of the rear tyres should not as robust this yr as they had been in earlier years, relative to the entrance tyres,” defined Albon.

The opposite primary problem has been battery deployment, and Albon revealed it has taken time for him to adapt.

“Numerous the deployment is all the way down to the drivers, the best way the motive force downshifts and upshifts, additionally the best way the motive force brakes. The most important issue is how the motive force makes use of the throttle. At first, when it was modified, it was very obscure. It was very towards my private driving type. And so, over time — we’re in October now — I’ve solely simply began to really feel pure driving a automobile, which is quite a bit longer than it takes,” added the Thai-British driver.

Williams, which completed fifth in 2025, has struggled to date, sitting ninth within the standings, and Albon stated the workforce is targeted on subsequent yr.

“All of the simulator work that we’re doing behind the scenes is now targeted on subsequent yr. And customarily, the language which the entire workforce speaks is extra about subsequent yr’s automobile. So generally you could take one step again in some ways or maintain a number of the improvement again to just be sure you make a much bigger step afterward,” stated Albon.