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James Vowles, Team Principal of Williams on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.

Vowles on Aston Martin’s recent F1 progress and Williams upgrading facilties

Aslıhan Alp4 days ago4 days ago05 mins

Williams F1 Team Principal James Vowles recently evaluated their 2026 campaign by answering questions about the Hungarian Grand Prix on Williams’ YouTube channel. Despite starting the season with much more optimism compared to previous years, Williams reached the summer break in ninth place in the Constructors’ Championship with 11 points. This marked a painful regression…

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Williams reaches the F1 summer break ninth after a difficult 2026 first half exposed the scale of its long-term rebuild.

2026 F1 Mid-Season Review: Williams

Chiara Martin1 week ago7 days ago011 mins

Williams entered 2026 with more optimism than it had carried into an F1 season in years. After finishing fifth in the 2025 Constructors’ Championship, the Grove-based team looked ready to turn progress into position. It had Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, James Vowles’ long-term rebuild, and a new regulation cycle that should have rewarded teams with…

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Carlos Sainz questions Williams’ late pit call after his F1 Hungarian GP promise unravelled through contact and a penalty.

Sainz left puzzled by Williams pit call after difficult 2026 F1 Hungarian GP

Chiara Martin2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins

Carlos Sainz left the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP frustrated after a decent race unravelled through contact with Oscar Piastri, a penalty and a late Williams pit stop he felt was unnecessary. The Williams driver started on the soft tyre, one of only six drivers to choose that compound for the start at the Hungaroring. While…

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Andrea Stella has addressed Oscar Piastri’s outburst over team radio and defended McLaren's second pit stop sequence at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP

Stella defends McLaren F1 pit wall but understanding of Piastri’s 2026 Hungarian GP radio outburst

Senjuti Jash2 weeks ago2 weeks ago07 mins

Team Principal Andrea Stella has opened up about Oscar Piastri’s emotional outburst over team radio, McLaren’s rationale behind their second pit stop sequence at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, and the Australian’s run-in with backmarker Carlos Sainz in the latter half of the race. While Lando Norris converted pole position into victory at the Hungaroring,…

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Oscar Piastri on track for McLaren at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, shortly before colliding with Carlos Sainz.

Piastri slams “unacceptable” run-in with Sainz at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP

Nicolas Lopes3 weeks ago3 weeks ago05 mins

Oscar Piastri was running in the net lead of the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP when he had a run-in with Carlos Sainz’s Williams on lap 38, losing him valuable race time and the race lead to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who ultimately went on to win the race comfortably. Piastri was “pissed off” to be…

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Williams F1's Carlos Sainz during the 2026 F1 Belgian GP.

Williams F1’s difficult season continues at 2026 Belgian GP as Sainz and Albon reflect on struggling FW48

Yi Xing Lim3 weeks ago3 weeks ago06 mins

The 2026 Belgian GP proved to be another difficult weekend for Williams F1’s Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, who finished in P16 and P15 respectively. Both drivers remain on a run of point-less outings stretching back to Barcelona, as the Grove-based team continues to understand and unlock performance from their difficult FW48. P16 “was as…

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Multiple F1 drivers, including Max Verstappen, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, and Charles Leclerc, have weighed in on Carlos Sainz's proposed rule that the FIA hand out a grid penalty for interrupting a qualifying session

F1 drivers react to Sainz’s proposal to punish triggering of yellow or red flags in qualifying with a grid penalty

Senjuti Jash4 weeks ago4 weeks ago013 mins

Grand Prix Drivers’ Association co-director Carlos Sainz declared ahead of the 2026 British GP that he is in favour of punishing drivers who bring out yellow or red flags in F1 qualifying sessions with an automatic grid penalty—leading to fellow racers like Max Verstappen, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, and Charles Leclerc weighing in on the…

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Sainz worried Williams’ updates not working after tough 2026 F1 British GP

Darshan Chokhani1 month ago1 month ago06 mins

Carlos Sainz worried that updates are not working for Williams despite the mega start and car weight loss, after another tough run in F1 British GP. It was a rapid start from Williams’ Sainz in 2026 F1 British GP last weekend at Silverstone. After having started from 15th on the grid, the Spaniard shot up…

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After multiple F1 teams, including Haas, introduced special liveries at Suzuka, Miami, Monte Carlo, and Barcelona, Williams, McLaren, and Cadillac have revealed their one-off designs for the 2026 British GP weekend

All the special liveries for the 2026 F1 season

Senjuti Jash1 month ago1 month ago024 mins

While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 22-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…

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Williams driver Carlos Sainz failed to finish the 2026 F1 Austrian GP as an electrical issue saw his day end quite early.

Sainz hopes F1 Austrian GP the final “really bad weekend” for Williams in 2026

James O'Connor1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Williams driver Carlos Sainz failed to finish the 2026 F1 Austrian GP as an electrical issue saw his day end quite early. Having missed FP1 for Luke Browning, the four-time F1 race winner looked a shade behind Alex Albon. However, a tremendous lap at the end of Q1 saw him outpace his Thai teammate by…

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