It was a disappointing F1 North American doubleheader for Williams and James Vowles in the Grands Prix as Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon failed to score a point for the team. In fact, the team has failed to get both drivers in the points at the same race since Monaco, excluding Sprints. After the Thai…
Williams team principal James Vowles has offered a detailed explanation of what went wrong for Carlos Sainz during the F1 Mexico City GP. Sainz headed into the weekend with an inevitable 5-place grid penalty looming over him as a consequence of his clash with Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli at the previous round in Austin. His…
The stewards have disqualified Carlos Sainz and Alexander Albon of Atlassian Williams Racing from Qualifying for the 2025 F1 Singapore GP, following a breach of Article 3.10.10(g) of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations. This article governs the maximum permissible slot gap on the rear wing when the Drag Reduction System (DRS) is activated. During…
Williams Team Principle, James Vowles, offered his perspective on the 2026 F1 race calendar ahead of the Azerbaijan GP. The format for 2026 and onwards continues to be criticized and dissected. While the addition of more sprint races, and shorter races continues to be discussed. With F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali pushing for more “exciting” race…
Williams Racing and James Vowles enjoyed a rather strong finish to their 2025 F1 Dutch GP, despite the setbacks on Carlos Sainz’s side of the garage due to his 10-second time penalty. Williams still managed to walk away with valuable points on Alex Albon‘s side of the garage to add to their tally, in what…
With the ground effect regulations era reaching its final year, Williams finally seems to have developed a fair understanding of the concept. With 70 points in the first 14 rounds of the season, the James Vowles-led team is sitting comfortably at the top of the midfield. However, before they could take a breather going into…
A technical reorganisation is in the works for a successful Formula 1 team, as Axel Kruse us set to join Williams F1. He will take on the duty of Chief Operations Director from the beginning of September as the first act of a management change which will see other illustrious professionals join the Grove based…
James Vowles has conceded Williams Racing are having to sacrifice performance to make sure they can run a reliable F1 car following recent cooling issues for Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz. Williams had a superb run from Australia to Monaco, scoring 54 points across the opening eight rounds as the FW47 was fast in pretty…
After enduring a difficult weekend in Spielberg, team principal James Vowles addressed the reasons behind their double retirement in Austria ahead of the F1 British GP. With both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon retiring from the race due to separate issues, the Grove-based team have recently faced a tough run of races—having only scored one…
The F1 Austrian GP was one for the books, but for Williams Racing, this was a weekend to forget. The British team had a horrendous Sunday, with drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz unable to make it to the end. In fact, the Spaniard never got going. As the list of problems multiplies each weekend,…
