2026 Atlassian Williams F1 Team

[JPower]

iirc, Sainz's contract runs to the end of 2026. I expect him to exit if Williams is at the back of the midfield.

Exit to where? We don't even know is he better driver than Albon. Before he got beaten by Albon, Merc and Red Bull even didn't want him.

Sainz absolutely ran over Albon from the midway point last season. Over the last 10 races, the median gap in qualifying was about 4 tenths.

Regardless, he's not going anywhere. If Williams is as overweight as rumored, they have a huge opportunity to improve as the season progresses.

[JPower]

On a better note, Albon and Sainz have set decent times today. Still a ways off the front but it looks like they're getting into performance testing now.

[Jurgen von Diaz]

iirc, Sainz's contract runs to the end of 2026. I expect him to exit if Williams is at the back of the midfield.

Exit to where? We don't even know is he better driver than Albon. Before he got beaten by Albon, Merc and Red Bull even didn't want him.

Sainz absolutely ran over Albon from the midway point last season. Over the last 10 races, the median gap in qualifying was about 4 tenths.

Regardless, he's not going anywhere. If Williams is as overweight as rumored, they have a huge opportunity to improve as the season progresses.

Sainz was supposed to crush Albon despite Williams being a new car for Sainz. Overall, he didn't and lost to Albon on points. In the first half, Sainz was one of the biggest flops, and in the second half, he was great. Sainz is a little bit overrated and Albon underrated. Betting on Albon in a head-to-head battle against Sainz, I got my money back 4.5 times in betting odds.

[Real PJ's Beard]

The Williams is currently looking like it hit an animal with fluorescent blood with the way the flow=vis has been applied

[JPower]

Exit to where? We don't even know is he better driver than Albon. Before he got beaten by Albon, Merc and Red Bull even didn't want him.

Sainz absolutely ran over Albon from the midway point last season. Over the last 10 races, the median gap in qualifying was about 4 tenths.

Regardless, he's not going anywhere. If Williams is as overweight as rumored, they have a huge opportunity to improve as the season progresses.

Sainz was supposed to crush Albon despite Williams being a new car for Sainz. Overall, he didn't and lost to Albon on points. In the first half, Sainz was one of the biggest flops, and in the second half, he was great. Sainz is a little bit overrated and Albon underrated. Betting on Albon in a head-to-head battle against Sainz, I got my money back 4.5 times in betting odds.

Sainz said from testing it would take him awhile to be fully up to speed. If you thought he was supposed to dominate early, that's on you. Every veteran driver moving to a new team struggled last year at some point(Ocon/Hulk/Hamilton).

Albon is a solid driver with 4+ years in the team. He performed as such at least up to around Spa.

[Jurgen von Diaz]

Sainz absolutely ran over Albon from the midway point last season. Over the last 10 races, the median gap in qualifying was about 4 tenths.

Regardless, he's not going anywhere. If Williams is as overweight as rumored, they have a huge opportunity to improve as the season progresses.

Sainz was supposed to crush Albon despite Williams being a new car for Sainz. Overall, he didn't and lost to Albon on points. In the first half, Sainz was one of the biggest flops, and in the second half, he was great. Sainz is a little bit overrated and Albon underrated. Betting on Albon in a head-to-head battle against Sainz, I got my money back 4.5 times in betting odds.

Sainz said from testing it would take him awhile to be fully up to speed. If you thought he was supposed to dominate early, that's on you. Albon is a solid driver with 4+ years in the team. He performed as such.

I just said I didn't expect Sainz to dominate, and that's why I bet against him, as the odds were sky-high due to the Sainz hype. Sainz was expected to be the most dominant teammate right after Verstappen and Alonso.

[JPower]

Sainz was supposed to crush Albon despite Williams being a new car for Sainz. Overall, he didn't and lost to Albon on points. In the first half, Sainz was one of the biggest flops, and in the second half, he was great. Sainz is a little bit overrated and Albon underrated. Betting on Albon in a head-to-head battle against Sainz, I got my money back 4.5 times in betting odds.

Sainz said from testing it would take him awhile to be fully up to speed. If you thought he was supposed to dominate early, that's on you. Albon is a solid driver with 4+ years in the team. He performed as such.

I just said I didn't expect Sainz to dominate, and that's why I bet against him, as the odds were sky-high due to the Sainz hype. Sainz was expected to be the most dominant teammate right after Verstappen and Alonso.

Well blame whatever sportsbook or gambling site you frequent. I don't pay attention to that stuff.

[Jurgen von Diaz]

Sainz said from testing it would take him awhile to be fully up to speed. If you thought he was supposed to dominate early, that's on you. Albon is a solid driver with 4+ years in the team. He performed as such.

I just said I didn't expect Sainz to dominate, and that's why I bet against him, as the odds were sky-high due to the Sainz hype. Sainz was expected to be the most dominant teammate right after Verstappen and Alonso.

Well blame whatever sportsbook or gambling site you frequent. I don't pay attention to that stuff.

I pay attention and the odds were sky-high on every gambling site I saw. They follow pretty much the hype, which couldn't be missed in Sainz's situation, as he was a clear favorite among F1 influencers too.

Like the same hype that Vowles has create around Williams season 2026.

[JPower]

I just said I didn't expect Sainz to dominate, and that's why I bet against him, as the odds were sky-high due to the Sainz hype. Sainz was expected to be the most dominant teammate right after Verstappen and Alonso.

Well blame whatever sportsbook or gambling site you frequent. I don't pay attention to that stuff.

I pay attention and the odds were sky-high on every gambling site I saw. They follow pretty much the hype, which couldn't be missed in Sainz's situation, as he was a clear favorite among F1 influencers too.

Like the same hype that Vowles has create around Williams season 2026.

Like I said, I don't care about gambling and it has nothing to do with how I view F1 or sports in general.

[McMika98]

James Vowles has cooked a masterpiece for 2026, after 3 years of promise, canning 2025 completely for 2026, he has delivered the most overweight cumbersome car with basic aero lacking downforce .
Contrast that with Alpine who had no top management to speak of, lost senior technical figures the likes of Pat Fry and Matt Harman to Williams. They are in better place and delivering despite no history of Mercedes engine.
If not for Honda and Aston fumbling, the team would be competing dead last with Cadillac. Rant over. Komatsu is doing a stellar job with limited resource for Haas unlike Vowles who is all talk so far.
The cheek of the guy, not first not last like what.
https://www.formula1.com/en/video/vowel ... 5923519656

[Jurgen von Diaz]

James talks quite a lot. He's the guy who tries to sell sh*t as gold.

[AR3-GP]

James talks quite a lot. He's the guy who tries to sell sh*t as gold.

I don't understand why no one remembers that he was the head of the strat department at Mercedes when they were notoriously horrible at strategy.

[cecogor]

JV:
"...There are thousands and thousands of small details that need to be gotten right, and we haven't done it; it's as simple as that. What people see from the outside is that it's because we lost Barcelona, but there are many more details behind it,.."
"...There are a number of things we've pushed to the breaking point, and as a result, it will take us some time to recover. We have a very aggressive program for the next six months to achieve this, but it's not a matter of a week..."

[FW17]

Williams behind Haas and Alpine to be only 7th fastest team is not great news for fans.

That x merc guy is guenther steiner p2

[Jurgen von Diaz]

JV:
"...There are thousands and thousands of small details that need to be gotten right, and we haven't done it; it's as simple as that. What people see from the outside is that it's because we lost Barcelona, but there are many more details behind it,.."
"...There are a number of things we've pushed to the breaking point, and as a result, it will take us some time to recover. We have a very aggressive program for the next six months to achieve this, but it's not a matter of a week..."

Sounds like a politician: a lot of words but zero meaning.