2025 Williams Racing F1 Team

[Mr Brooksy]

Interesting video about the Williams wind tunnel at Grove.

I didn't realise that their tunnel has the ability to run full sized models! Don't know how I missed that.

Obviously the model size is restricted by regulations now.

[ispano6]

Looks like Williams got caught running an illegal rear wing. Both cars set to be dsq. Maybe this explains Williams pace in Baku. If so, a blemish on James Vowles record.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/will ... ualifying/

[diffuser]

A guy who thinks he has the best drivers and would not pick Newey (as if Newey would ever even consider Williams) qualifies as much as Ralf Schumacher's opinion.

You do realize he's doing that to motivate the drivers and advertise the team's resurgence right? I hope you aren't taking that literally.

As for Newey, you just said he wouldn't want to go to WIlliams proving the point. Wouldn't be a good fit.

Again, I trust Vowles opinion after 20 years with the team in various iterations over almost anyone else.

Vowles knows he hasn't afford the best designer and driver, so he tells he doesn't "want" them because he already have "the best drivers" and even says it's not about the money. Yeah right. Typical inferiority complex.

Vowles knows there isn't a hope in hell in signing MAX, he has recent experience on how hard it was to get Sainz. Literally no team Sainz was interested in had place for him. Why should he make his life harder by insulting his drivers? You think you're the only person that knows Max is better than Albon? It's not a secret.

I don't understand why we're even talking about this. Vowles is a really smart guy and he's not gonna tell the world what he really thinks unless it's gonna help him or whomever he works for.

[search]

Looks like Williams got caught running an illegal rear wing. Both cars set to be dsq. Maybe this explains Williams pace in Baku. If so, a blemish on James Vowles record.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/will ... ualifying/

Did Sainz even get to use DRS in the race in Baku? Most of the time he was running on his own, so I don't think it can explain the pace, no.

[JPower]

Looks like Williams got caught running an illegal rear wing. Both cars set to be dsq. Maybe this explains Williams pace in Baku. If so, a blemish on James Vowles record.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/will ... ualifying/

Laughable.

[JPower]

Great recovery race by Sainz. If they had gotten qualifying right, no reason both cars couldn't have reached the points.

The car is good at tracks with short corners and/or prioritizing aero efficiency. It's been that way all season.

Should go well in Mexico and Vegas, possibly Abu Dhabi.

[Mr Brooksy]

Looks like Williams got caught running an illegal rear wing. Both cars set to be dsq. Maybe this explains Williams pace in Baku. If so, a blemish on James Vowles record.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/will ... ualifying/

Yes cause Williams definately used the high downforce wing in Baku... Not

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Williams would have absorbed all his Ferrari knowledge and everything else from him by now.

We now can wait to see the next chapter as in the past, Torro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, when something better comes along either he or the team will ditch the other.

I don’t think he chose to leave Ferrari!!

Did Carlos sign for Ferrari before McLaren signed Riccardo? Or was he pushed out to make way? Honest question as I can’t find a definitive answer anywhere.

[Waz]

Williams would have absorbed all his Ferrari knowledge and everything else from him by now.

We now can wait to see the next chapter as in the past, Torro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, when something better comes along either he or the team will ditch the other.

I don’t think he chose to leave Ferrari!!

Did Carlos sign for Ferrari before McLaren signed Riccardo? Or was he pushed out to make way? Honest question as I can’t find a definitive answer anywhere.

He must have signed for Ferrari first. I remember he got quite the send off by McLaren, including a video asking Ferrari to take good care of him.

He had also beaten Norris fairly convincingly over both seasons, so it would have been awkward to not renew him.

Stranger things have happened at McLaren though.

[JPower]

Williams would have absorbed all his Ferrari knowledge and everything else from him by now.

We now can wait to see the next chapter as in the past, Torro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, when something better comes along either he or the team will ditch the other.

I don’t think he chose to leave Ferrari!!

Did Carlos sign for Ferrari before McLaren signed Riccardo? Or was he pushed out to make way? Honest question as I can’t find a definitive answer anywhere.

He must have signed for Ferrari first. I remember he got quite the send off by McLaren, including a video asking Ferrari to take good care of him.

He had also beaten Norris fairly convincingly over both seasons, so it would have been awkward to not renew him.

Stranger things have happened at McLaren though.

From what I remember, Sainz said he had a hard time turning down a call from Ferrari, despite McLaren's progress up to the beginning of the 2020 season. Sainz was announced in March of 2020 with Ricciardo announced a few months later.

[JPower]

Not expecting much from the team at COTA this weekend. They'll need a perfect weekend to grab a few points.

I do expect them to be much more competitive at Mexico though.

[SB15]

Special Livery

[venkyhere]

why don't they make this their default livery for next year ? it's beautiful.

[Raleigh]

Doesn't even need to be retro but all the special liveries Williams has run are so much better than plain blue.

Williams have never run plain blue before, looks like a placeholder pre season livery.

[Mr Brooksy]

I wasn't born during the white and green days, but I've always seen Williams as blue and white plus whatever other colour they needed to add for sponsor recognition... Let's ignore the very short Winfield era shall we. But this livery throw back really does look better than the 50 shades of blue IMO. But hey I'm not on their marketing team with contract hoops to jump through for their various sponsors.