Atlassian Williams Racing

Team Chief: James Vowles
Technical Chief: Pat Fry

Chassis 2025: FW47

Engine: Mercedes
Tyre: Pirelli

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Reserve Driver: -

Season 2025

Williams faced a complicated 2024: after the good growth shown in previous years, it failed to confirm itself in a season marked by ups and downs and many accidents, finishing in penultimate position.

In 2025 it confirmed Alexander Albon and will rely on the experience of Carlos Sainz, who arrived from Ferrari, to maximise results and find more stability. 

James Vowles will continue to drive the team together with Pat Fry, who is entrusted with solving some chronic problems of the previous single-seater, including excessive weight and a certain unpredictability that led to many, too many, accidents. Williams will continue to use Mercedes engines for the 2025 season.

At London's O2 Arena on Feb. 18, the team unveiled the livery of the new single-seater in the presence of General Manager James Vowles and drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon. 

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History

Williams F1 is a British Formula 1 racing team based in Grove, founded in 1977 by Sir Frank Williams and Sir Patrick Head. Since 2020, it has been entered in the Formula 1 World Championship under the name Williams Racing.

The fourth most successful racing team in history, it boasts a total of sixteen world titles, nine constructors and seven drivers. On 21 August 2020, it was officially sold to the US investment fund Dorilton Capital.

For the 2021 season, the team confirms its driver duo of George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. On 9 June Jost Capito was appointed as new team principal in place of Simon Roberts. In the Austrian Grand Prix Russell takes a Williams into Q3 for the first time since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix. In the race, however, the Englishman, after being in contention for the points zone for a long time, has to settle for 11th position. It was not until the Hungarian Grand Prix that Williams was in the points zone again, in which Latifi, at the end of a thrilling race, scored his first Formula One points by virtue of an eighth-place finish, ahead of team-mate Russell, who finished ninth under the chequered flag, but both gained a position due to the disqualification of Vettel, who finished second. This is the first double top-10 finish since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix, and the first points finish since the 2019 German Grand Prix. In qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, on a wet track, Russell set the second fastest time, giving Williams a front row finish that had been missing since the 2017 Italian Grand Prix. The official Grand Prix results, which reflect the grid due to the adverse weather conditions, confirm second place for the Englishman, a placing that earns Williams its first podium since the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Also George Russell scores further points finishes in the Italian Grand Prix and the following Russian Grand Prix, with a ninth and tenth place respectively. On 28 November came the news of the death of team founder Frank Williams, who died at the age of 79. After three very bad seasons, Williams showed slight progress and ended the championship with a total of 23 points, which moved them up to eighth place in the Constructors' Championship.

The 2022 season saw a change in the driver line-up: George Russell left the team to move to Mercedes, being replaced by Thai driver Alexander Albon, making his return to Formula 1 after a season as a test driver with Red Bull and AlphaTauri. The start of the season was difficult and saw the two drivers permanently relegated to the back of the field. Despite this, Albon gave the team a few points, finishing tenth in the Australian Grand Prix and ninth in the Miami Grand Prix. To see a Williams in the points zone again it would have to wait until the Belgian Grand Prix, in which Albon crossed the line in tenth place. On the eve of the Italian Grand Prix qualifying, Albon suffered an appendicitis attack and was forced to skip the rest of the weekend, being replaced by test driver Nyck De Vries. The Dutchman, making his Formula 1 debut, immediately won his first championship points, finishing the race in ninth place. On the morning of 23 September, the Grove-based team announced the end of Nicholas Latifi's contract at the end of the season. In the Japanese Grand Prix, the Canadian crossed the finish line in ninth place, gaining his first championship points. After timid signs of recovery in the previous season, Williams again took steps backwards, and only scored eight points, which caused it to slip back to tenth and last place in the Constructors' Championship.

In the 2023 season there was a change in the driver line-up: as already announced in 2022, Nicholas Latifi was replaced by Logan Sargeant, promoted from his test driver role, alongside the confirmed Alexander Albon. The new FW45 proves to be a step forward compared to the previous model: in fact, on a few occasions, Albon manages to get into the last qualifying heat, Q3, and to gain a few places in the points zone. The Thai driver finished tenth in the first round of the season in Bahrain, seventh in Canada, eighth in Great Britain and Holland, seventh again in Italy and in the Sprint in Qatar, and ninth in the United States (on this occasion also came Sargeant's first point in Formula 1, who finished tenth) and in the Mexico City Grand Prix. These results allowed Williams to make slight progress again and move up to seventh in the Constructors' Championship with a total of 28 points.

The 2024 season is very difficult for the team, complicated above all by the many accidents involving the three drivers Albon and Sargeant first, Colpainto later. They finish only in ninth position.

(source Wikipedia)

First race:

1973 Argentine Grand Prix

First victory:

1979 British Grand Prix (Clay Regazzoni)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Points
2025	Williams FW47	Mercedes	86
2024	Williams FW46	Mercedes	17
2023	Williams FW45	Mercedes	28
2022	Williams FW44	Mercedes M13 E Performance	8
2021	Williams FW43B	Mercedes M12 EQ Power+	23
2020	Williams FW43	Mercedes	0
2019	Williams —-	Mercedes	1
2018	Williams FW41	Mercedes	7
2017	Williams FW40	Mercedes F1 M08 EQ Power+	83
2016	Williams FW38	Mercedes	138
2015	Williams FW37	Mercedes-Benz	257
2014	Williams FW36	Mercedes PU106A Hybrid	320
2013	Williams FW35	Renault RS27-2013	5
2012	Williams FW34	Renault RS27-2012	76
2011	Williams FW33	Cosworth CA2011	5
2010	Williams FW32	Cosworth CA2010	69
2009	Williams FW31	Toyota RVX-09	34.5
2008	Williams FW30	Toyota RVX-08	26
2007	Williams FW29	Toyota RVX-07	33
2006	Williams FW28	Cosworth CA2006	11
2005	Williams FW27	BMW P84/5	66
2004	Williams FW26	BMW P84	88
2003	Williams FW25	BMW P83	144
2002	Williams FW24	BMW P82	92
2001	Williams FW23	BMW P80	80
2000	Williams FW22	BMW E41	36
1999	Williams FW21	Supertec FB01	35

* Season with at least 1 point won (since 2000)

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