Key Highlights: 1980 Formula 1 World Champion Alan Jones has passed away at the age of 80. Jones secured Williams’ first-ever Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships alongside teammate Carlos Reutemann, claiming five Grand Prix wins during his title campaign. F1 leadership, contemporary drivers Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon, and figures including Damon Hill and ...
Key Highlights: 1980 Formula 1 World Champion Alan Jones has passed away at the age of 80 following a brief illness. The Australian racing icon secured 12 Grand Prix victories throughout his premier-class career, most notably driving for Williams. Jones made history as only the second Australian driver to win the Formula 1 World Drivers’ ...
Key Highlights Alan Jones, Australia’s 1980 Formula 1 world champion, has passed away on the Gold Coast at the age of 80 following a short illness. Jones secured the first-ever drivers’ world championship for Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1980 and remains the last Australian to win the Australian Grand Prix. Following his grand prix ...
Key Highlights: Formula 1 is mourning the passing of Australian motorsport legend Alan Jones, the 1980 F1 World Champion, at the age of 79. Jones secured 11 of his 12 career Grand Prix wins with Williams, delivering the outfit’s historic first Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships. Tributes have poured in across motorsport, led by Formula ...
Key Highlights: Operating at 2,250 meters above sea level, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez causes a roughly 20% drop in air density, severely reducing aerodynamic downforce and critical cooling efficiency. Williams Head of Race Strategy Charles-Antoine Florentin highlights the unique challenges of traffic, cooling-induced drag, and tire compound evolution under extreme altitude. Home hero Sergio Perez ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team principal Toto Wolff revealed that a candid remark comparing Pastor Maldonado to Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg helped him land his leadership role at Mercedes. While an executive and shareholder at Williams in 2012, Wolff told Mercedes board members in Stuttgart that their high budget was heavily skewed toward ...
Key Highlights Williams drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz endured a tough Qualifying session at the United States Grand Prix, both getting eliminated in Q1 at the Circuit of The Americas. Following grid penalties for rivals Franco Colapinto and Gabriel Bortoleto, Sainz and Albon will start Sunday’s race from P17 and P18 respectively. Both drivers ...
Key Highlights: Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon endured a dismal Friday at the United States Grand Prix, with both Williams drivers languishing at the bottom of the practice timesheets. Sainz revealed on the team radio that his car was a “mess” and subsequently confirmed Williams is “not expecting any miracles” in Austin. Williams trackside engineering ...
Key Highlights Doctor Doom FW48: Williams Racing unveiled a black-and-green Doctor Doom-inspired livery on an FW48 show car at New York Comic Con. Marvel comic debut: Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz and Team Principal James Vowles feature in the 32-page one-shot Iron Man: Racing Towards Doom, written by Ethan Sacks and illustrated by Greg Land, ahead ...
Key Highlights: Williams drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz praised the team’s cooling vest as the best on the grid following a sweltering, high-humidity Singapore Grand Prix. A Heat Hazard declaration required drivers to either utilize a cooling system or carry equivalent ballast in their cockpits. Grid opinion remains sharply divided, with Max Verstappen, Pierre ...
Key Highlights Williams Racing is showcasing its Doctor Doom-themed Marvel show car in its Austin Fan Zone ahead of the United States Grand Prix. Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz will not race the custom design at the Circuit of the Americas; the livery will serve strictly as a non-racing exhibition vehicle. The downtown pop-up at ...
Key Highlights: Williams Racing has unveiled plans for its 50th anniversary in 2027, joining Ferrari and McLaren as only the third team to reach 50 consecutive years in Formula 1. Celebrations will kick off in London with ‘W50 Live’, an immersive exhibition showcasing historic race cars including the FW06, FW14B, and FW38, alongside a show ...