Williams have “huge amounts of performance to come”

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Williams expect gains from car

After Alexander Albon scored Williams’ first points with ninth place in Monaco, Vowles admitted “points could [have been] achieved beforehand, but there’s just some elements of the car, including the overweight [chassis], where we haven’t quite delivered as we need to.”

However he added “you need a result like this to make sure everyone’s heads are lifted, believe in the journey we’re on and there’s plenty of reasons to be optimistic.”

“We have huge amounts of performance to come,” he said in a video released by the team. “It’s a long season, we are only just at the beginning of it. What we need to do now is build on what we have, make sure we understand at the factory what we did wrong in this circumstance.

“We didn’t get everything right this weekend, nor did we across the first few races. But we understand what we can improve going forward. We’ve got Canada where there’s more performance coming again. Across the next six rounds there’s plenty to look forward to. So we’ll keep that positive momentum going, make sure we’re delivering performance at the track.”

Blomqvist to sit out next two races

Tom Blomqvist will not take part in the next two IndyCar races, his Meyer Shank team have announced. Helio Castroneves will substitute for him at this weekend’s race in Detroit and the following round in Road America.

“It is fair to say that the last couple of days have been some of the hardest in my career,” said Blomqvist, who crashed out on the first lap of the Indianapolis 500 last week. “Everyone who knows me knows how much I love being a part of the MSR family and together we have enjoyed some amazing successes and victories.”

Team co-owner Michael Shank said “making this decision was by far the hardest one we have had to make. Tom is 100% still a part of the MSR family and will remain a part of the team for the rest of the season.

“The decision was not made lightly and after much discussion with Tom, and with back-to-back races coming up, we have decided to have Helio drive in Detroit and at Road America.”

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