Carlos Sainz: "If we want to have a faster car, we have to do what Aston Martin did"
"Aston has just shown from one race to the next that a team that was dealing with one of the worst aerodynamic loads on the entire grid now seems to have achieved the best aero in the midfield".
Which is going to be extremely difficult since capital expenditure is limited under the cost cap.
Just do what Aston Martin did. Build a new billion dollar facility, hire some of the best engineers around from the top 4 teams, including the most successful designer of all time.AR3-GP wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 21:25Carlos Sainz: "If we want to have a faster car, we have to do what Aston Martin did"
Seems like James isn't aware of the history of the team, or he is deliberately steering it into a corporate environment. That would explain why everything is taking so long, and why they struggle to get a car built for the preseason.FW17 wrote: ↑29 Jul 2026, 10:02"I do not want to build an infrastructure that depends on a person. Williams is not about me, a driver or an engineer," Vowles said. "He would have overwhelmed our team, and that would have achieved the opposite effect. He would have been frustrated in the end."
-- on Adrian Newey.
Adrian would have loved 30% equity in Williams than in Aston Martin. But sure there is no space for Adrian and James in the same team.
Anyway the team has gone to the dogs. I just wish they are not called Williams anymore. The guy who owns the team sounds worse than any Arab or Russian we had before and sounds like one who would be best friend of jeffrey epstein
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Waz wrote: ↑29 Jul 2026, 18:47Seems like James isn't aware of the history of the team, or he is deliberately steering it into a corporate environment. That would explain why everything is taking so long, and why they struggle to get a car built for the preseason.FW17 wrote: ↑29 Jul 2026, 10:02"I do not want to build an infrastructure that depends on a person. Williams is not about me, a driver or an engineer," Vowles said. "He would have overwhelmed our team, and that would have achieved the opposite effect. He would have been frustrated in the end."
-- on Adrian Newey.
Adrian would have loved 30% equity in Williams than in Aston Martin. But sure there is no space for Adrian and James in the same team.
Anyway the team has gone to the dogs. I just wish they are not called Williams anymore. The guy who owns the team sounds worse than any Arab or Russian we had before and sounds like one who would be best friend of jeffrey epstein
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I imagine each department is now a committee, and all decisions require approval by vote.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/baku ... /10844033/“We know the weaknesses of the car, we know the directions,” said the 30-year-old. “I think as a team, this year, the work that's being done at the factory, it's the biggest effort I've seen from the team to really fight these genetic DNA problems that this team has.
“I appreciate it. I think we're doing exactly the right things to get back on track. It's a shame that we're here in the first place, but I do believe we're doing the right thing.
“If it's cured by Baku? I doubt it. I think a lot of the Baku stuff has happened. That upgrade was planned quite a long time ago.
“A lot of what we're really, unfortunately, biting into is next year's car. It's making sure next year's car doesn't have these traits - frustrating!”
Agreed. I don't think a guy who specialized in strategy is who Williams need to lead them now. They need a more technical leader similar to Andrea Stella or a Binnotto. James Vowles was also known for his reliance on computers and trying to even things out unnecessarily between drivers to an debilitating effect at times. If he can't turn Williams into regular top 10 fighters by end of year or at least get his team to show a fast 2027 car in simulations, he should be fired.McMika98 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 21:56Vowles need to go, along with the Technical Director Matt Harman, who Vowles hired after being sacked by Alpine for making the worst chassis that was overweight. Alpine played a blinder.
There were murmurs about him being a guy full of hot air, talking a good game but lacking the technical skills. The nerve of the guy to say he didn't car about 2024, 2025. All the eggs in the 2026 basket, judge me in 2026.
Preseason it felt odd hearing the overweight rumours but the PR videos he mentioned the car was good and fighting for points regularly. Now that has shifted to not even making it to Q1 this year and focus on next year.
"Aston has just shown from one race to the next that a team that was dealing with one of the worst aerodynamic loads on the entire grid now seems to have achieved the best aero in the midfield".