Who are F1 drivers’ race engineers in 2025?
A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, except in rare cases, they are […]
What progress looks like for Williams in F1 2025
«I don’t want to keep saying that we’re sacrificing this year for next year. But this year is definitely a time to do that.» This line pretty much sums up Alex Albon’s thinking on Williams’ upcoming campaign, highlighting the team’s laser focus on catching the right wave in 2026 when F1 introduces all-new cars. But […]
How Williams’ new F1 car build system works
It was a moment that caused jaws to drop aplenty in the 2024 Formula 1 season: Williams team boss James Vowles revealing he’d discovered his then still-fairly-new squad was using a single, gigantic, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to itemise its entire car build package. The list ran to multiple thousands of cell entries – an approximate […]
Williams may be focused on 2026, but FW47 shows hints of team’s regeneration under Vowles
Thankfully, the mooted Valentines’ Day special livery that enrobed the Williams FW47 was none too garish, once the car was revealed during its Silverstone shakedown on Friday. The dark blue screenfade effect was actually quite cool, almost like a gateway into a badly damaged ’90s CRT screen — with the lingering screen burn of a […]
Threat or big break? What Sainz’s Williams arrival means for Albon
In one very small way, pairing Alex Albon with Carlos Sainz is a gift from Williams team principal James Vowles to the designers of his squad’s 2025 Formula 1 car. Both appendix-less these days, that’s a rough 9g saving per car no other team can make. Handy, given car weight problem was what really held […]
Sainz’s ideas already bring «real momentum» to Williams – Vowles
Carlos Sainz’s impact is already being felt within the Williams Formula 1 squad, team principal James Vowles has stated. Sainz has moved to Williams alongside Alex Albon this year after racing for Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari during his first 10 seasons in F1, having been replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the Maranello-based outfit […]
Vowles believes Williams attempted too much change in 2024
Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted his approach to restructuring the Grove-based outfit always risked being detrimental in the short-term. The former strategy director of Mercedes joined Williams two years ago, with some of the infrastructure famously described as dating back to the «Ming Dynasty» and an Excel spreadsheet used to track all car parts, […]
How Williams’ 2024 campaign was dictated by its early heavy car and late crashes
Williams endured a problematic 2024 Formula 1 campaign, beginning the year with an overweight car, and then being forced to revert back to older, heavier parts late on due to a significant number of heavy crashes for both Alex Albon and mid-season substitute Franco Colapinto. Talking ahead of the Imola weekend in May, team principal […]
Williams announces date for 2025 F1 car launch
Williams has revealed its 2025 car launch date, selecting 14 February for the launch of its FW47 Formula 1 car. The Grove-based squad will unveil its new car with a «bespoke one-off livery» for its Valentine’s Day event at Silverstone, before revealing its real 2025 colour scheme at F1’s united launch event at the O2 […]