Team boss makes shocking claim over Williams' F1 facilities: 'We're 20 years behind'
Williams chief James Vowles has unveiled plans for a complete overhaul of the struggling Formula 1 team, citing outdated facilities that are "20 years behind".
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Williams see fixes for problems, hope to stay fifth in F1 championship
LONDON :Williams are confident they can fix issues behind recent retirements and expect a car upgrade coming soon to keep them on course for fifth place in the Formula One championship.
Team boss Vowles signs long-term Williams F1 contract
LONDON :Williams team principal James Vowles has signed a new long-term contract, the former Formula One world champions said on Thursday.
Albon buys Russell dinner after Monaco strategy block
MONACO :Williams driver Alex Albon paid a price for keeping George Russell out of the points in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix - the bill for dinner with his Mercedes friend and rival.
Vowles vows no more team orders confusion at Williams
GROVE, England :Williams have made changes to avoid repeating the situation in Miami where Carlos Sainz mistakenly thought Alex Albon had ignored orders not to pass, team boss James Vowles said on Tuesday.
Vowles expects Colapinto to show his speed with Alpine
GROVE, England : Franco Colapinto will do a good job for Alpine regardless of any turmoil at the Renault-owned Formula One team and the deadlines they set, the Argentine's previous boss James Vowles said on Tuesday.
Williams focus on long-term rather than 2025 standing
JEDDAH :Williams have a long-term focus on getting back to the top in Formula One and will not be distracted by what might be achieved this season, says team boss James Vowles.
Vowles says Verstappen would come with 'downsides' for Mercedes
JEDDAH :Signing Formula One champion Max Verstappen would come with "a lot of downsides" for Mercedes, who would be better off keeping their current drivers, Williams boss James Vowles said on Friday.
Norris turns on the heat at sweltering Bahrain practice
SAKHIR: World championship leader Lando Norris topped the timesheets in a baking hot opening practice ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. It was hunt-some-shade time on a sweltering afternoon in the Gulf kingdom — 35 degrees celsius and track temperature nudging 50 degrees. As a consequence the relevance of the opening session on the rest of the weekend will be minimal, with second practice later Friday, Saturday’s qualifying and the race itself all staged at sunset and in cooler temperatures. That was one main factor in teams using ‘FP1’ to give a half dozen rookies a shot as a ‘Friday driver’ as per the governing body’s guidelines. As a result, four-time world champion Max Verstappen, one point adrift of Norris in the driver’s standings after his win in Japan last weekend, had some down time with Ayumua Iwasa taking the wheel of his Red Bull. Dino Beganovic was handed the keys to Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Other new faces were Fred Vesti (in for Mercedes’ George Russell), Luke Browning (Williams/Carlos Sainz), Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin/Fernando Alonso) and Ryo Hirakawa, in for Ollie Bearman at Haas. Williams team principal James Vowles explained the reasoning behind running Browning rather than Sainz, third to Verstappen in last year’s race for Ferrari. “It’s much, much warmer than it will be so it is unrepresentative, and (Sainz) has done many hundreds of kilometers around here.