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• Williams Boss Reveals Brutal Reality Behind Alex Albon’s Post-Red Bull Struggles
Recently, on the 'Business of Sport' podcast James Vowles, WIlliams' principal revealed the rough patch in Alex Albon after he left Red Bull Racing....2025
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• James Vowles’ Williams Era Pulls Off Shocking F1 Feat Against Ferrari After 10 Years
Williams Racing achieves remarkable milestone under James Vowles' transformation, showcasing dramatic turnaround in Formula One performance standards....2025
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• From Struggling to Spectacular: Williams Team Principal Praises Carlos Sainz’s Baku Masterclass
James Vowles shared a heartfelt tribute to Carlos Sainz’s incredible performance at the Baku City Circuit during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025....2025
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• Nico Hülkenberg’s maiden F1 podium earns praise across the paddock

Photo by Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images With his third place finish at the British Grand Prix Nico Hülkenberg has finally reached an F1 podium, earning praise from across the paddock Nico Hülkenberg made his Formula 1 debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix for Williams, the first race of the 2010 campaign. Since then he has driven for several F1 teams, taken a step away from the sp...2025
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• 7 storylines that have us excited for the F1 British Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton’s first British Grand Prix in Ferrari red among the storylines for this week Lando Norris’ emphatic week in Austria jolted the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship race. Now the grid head to historic Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, and Norris is one of four drivers set to race at home. How those four ...2025
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• 7 storylines that have us excited for the F1 British Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton’s first British Grand Prix in Ferrari red among the storylines for this week Lando Norris’ emphatic week in Austria jolted the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship race. Now the grid head to historic Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, and Norris is one of four drivers set to race at home. How those four ...2025
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• Lando Norris’ dominant Austrian Grand Prix win jolts F1 title race

Photo by Joe Portlock/Getty Images Recapping winners and losers from the Austrian Grand Prix While the entire Formula 1 grid heads to Silverstone this week for the British Grand Prix, there are still some hours remaining until we need to turn the page. That gives us just enough time to take a final look at the Austrian Grand Prix. As with the dramatic Canadian Grand Prix, once against McLa...2025
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• 3 key storylines for the F1 Miami Grand Prix

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images It is Sunday in Miami, and here are three big storylines hours before the Miami Grand Prix MIAMI, Florida — Grand Prix Sundays have no shortage of storylines, and today’s Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix is no exception. There are fascinating talking points up and down the grid to watch for when the lights go out later today, and after thousands of fans and...2025
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• What we learned at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Photo by Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images Oscar Piastri’s championship demeanor, Williams makes midfield noise, and Ferrari sees a light at the end of the tunnel This time, a McLaren driver managed to get the better of Max Verstappen. At the Japanese Grand Prix a few weeks ago Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris entered Saturday as the favorites for pole position. But Verstappen stunned...2025
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• 6 storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Max Verstappen versus McLaren tops the storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix For three days at the end of February, the ten Formula 1 teams put their 2025 challengers through the paces during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lap times and performances were taken with a grain of salt, as observers were left to wonder what engine ...2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Recapping some winners from the Chinese Grand Prix, and some who have some work to do before Japan For the better part of three years, Zak Brown has been telling anyone who would listen that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri comprise the best driver pairing on the Formula 1 grid. The smile on the McLaren CEO’s face as he posed with the pair for photographs fol...2025
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• Williams F1 shares more video of Carlos Sainz Jr.’s first day at the team’s headquarters

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Carlos Sainz Jr.’s first day at Grove is documented in a lengthy video by Williams Formula 1 teams continue to roll out their new drivers ahead of the 2025 season. Ferrari’s lengthy introduction of Lewis Hamilton is just one example, but another comes from the man Hamilton replaced at the Scuderia, as Carlos Sainz Jr. finds his way around his new team at Wi...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
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• Logan Sargeant on the Miami Grand Prix, the pressure of F1, and ‘Lap of Legends’

Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix SB Nation chatted with Logan Sargeant about the pressure of life in F1 and more Formula 1 is heading back to the United States. And for one of the 20 drivers on the grid, it is a true homecoming. F1 returns to the US for the first of three races stateside this weekend, with the third Miami Grand Prix. But for one driver in particular, this is a true home race. Logan S...2024
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• A Monday in New York City with Williams: How the F1 team views success in 2024

SB Nation caught up with James Vowles, Alex Albon, and Logan Sargeant in Rockefeller Center ahead of the 2024 F1 season We need to make one thing clear at the outset. Your aspiring Formula 1 blogger does not like heights. But when Williams not only decides to launch their challenger for the 2024 F1 season in New York City, but they invite you to meet with the team, you accept the invitation first,...2024
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"Williams Team Principal James Vowles praised the “progress” the team has made this off-season, as well as Williams’ “formidable” driver lineup."

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"Team Principal James Vowles was forced to make what he called one of the hardest decisions of his career: Determining which of their two drivers would participate in qualifying, and the race itself."

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"James Vowles is the strategy mastermind behind Mercedes' Formula One team, but in the offseason he swaps headphones and telemetry graphs for racing overalls."

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"Mercedes must juggle performance and reliability for the rest of the season because any retirement would be "catastrophic" for their Formula One title hopes, chief strategist James Vowles said on Thursday."

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• Why Williams F1 is smart to bet on James Vowles

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Williams has signed James Vowles to a long-term extension, and with good reason Williams is off to a strong start this Formula 1 season, as they currently sit at the front of the midfield. After ten race weekends, the team has accumulated 55 points, which is good enough for fifth place in the F1 Constructors’ Championship standings and surpasses their...2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?

Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images With Cadillac confirmed for the 2026 F1 season, what does the driver lineup look like for next year? The 2024 Formula 1 driver transfer season kicked into gear with a stunning decision: Lewis Hamilton’s announcement that he was going to leave Mercedes and drive for Ferrari starting in 2025. Over the following weeks, intrigue followed the sport as the driver sil...2025
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. reports a ‘smooth’ first day in the Williams F1 FW47

Williams Racing Williams launched their 2025 challenger and both Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alexander Albon are pleased with the results When you think about it, Carlos Sainz Jr. calling his first laps in the Williams FW47 “smooth” just makes sense. Williams launched the FW47, the team’s challenger for the 2025 Formula 1 season, at a special event at Silverstone on Friday, the site of the Britis...2025
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• F1 2025: How long is each driver under contract?

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images Diving into the contract status of every F1 driver ahead of the 2025 F1 season The 2024 Formula 1 season began with a bit of history for hte sport. For the first in F1 history the drivers who finished the previous season were the same drivers who began the next. That is certainly not the case as 2025 beckons. With several rookies joining the grid...2025
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• James Vowles vows ‘it simply won’t happen again’ in F1 Miami Grand Prix debrief

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Williams boss James Vowles vows that the miscommunication with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alex Albon at the Miami Grand Prix will not happen again The 2025 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix was a triumph for Williams. Both Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. finished in the points in the Grand Prix, with Albon coming across the line in P5 and Sainz finishing in ninth....2025
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. is trusting the process and the vision at Williams

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Williams’ newest driver has his full faith in the team’s vision for the present, and the future MIAMI, Florida — In the first and only practice session at the Miami Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz Jr. saw the potential in Williams’ challenger. In Saturday’s qualifying session, he was finally able to “unleash” that potential. Sainz stormed into Q3 and put the FW47 ...2025
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• Will Williams be the surprise team at Silverstone?
Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images There is confidence in the air around Williams after a strong Friday at the British Grand Prix With a number of Formula 1 teams that consider Great Britain home, one of the major storylines heading into the British Grand Prix was whether one of the teams that calls Silverstone their home base would deliver a surprise for the field. Of course, that led many t...2023
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• An ‘outstanding’ drive from Alex Albon pushes Williams up the F1 standings
Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images Albon’s seventh-place finish in the Canadian Grand Prix wa a massive result for Williams All season long, and even dating back to pre-season Formula 1 testing, you got the sense a day like this was coming for Alex Albon and Williams. It finally came for Albon and the team on Sunday in the Canadian Grand Prix. After advancing to Q3 on Sunday, Albon started ...2023
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• Time is running out for Logan Sargeant

Photo by Clive Mason - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Looking at winners and losers from the F1 Sprint Race at the Qatar Grand Prix The Formula 1 Sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix is in the books. And it has given us a first-time winner, and a three-time champion. Oscar Piastri took home his first F1 win, remaining patient after George Russell got by him on a set of soft tyres earl...2023
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• Logan Sargeant’s absence from Australian Grand Prix, explained

Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Why Williams driver Logan Sargeant will be watching the F1 Australian Grand Prix along with the rest of us The social media team for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix has captured a number of incredible moments already. But a video they shared on Saturday perhaps framed one of the weekend’s biggest storylines to perfection. Williams driver Logan Sar...2024
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• James Vowles vows Franco Colapinto will be ‘back to Williams’

Photo by Joe Portlock/Getty Images Franco Colapinto, named as a reserve at Alpine, may still return to Williams in the future Last Formula 1 season Franco Colapinto catapulted into stardom. Named as a midseason replacement at Williams for Logan Sargeant, the young driver impressed in his first races on the grid. Colapinto finished 12 in his debut in Monza and then finished in the points in...2025
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• Alex Albon’s crash leads to ‘unacceptable’ decision for Williams at F1 Australian GP

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images A hard crash in practice from Alex Albon put Williams in a difficult position As the first practice session at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix wound down, Alex Albon found himself in a tricky spot. The wall. As Albon was coming out of the exit to Turn 6 and ran a little wide into Turn 7, which resulted in a massive crash that caused substantial damage t...2024
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• Red Bull makes more history at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix In their storied Formula 1 history — six Constructors’ Championships and counting, along with seven Drivers’ Championships — one accomplishment had still eluded Red Bull. That changed under the neon lights in Las Vegas. A third-place finish from Sergio Pérez locked up P2 in the Driv...2023
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Answering F1 questions on Max Verstappen, the upcoming regulation changes, and more Ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, we thought it would be a good time to open up the old F1 mailbag. Boy, did the readers deliver. Thanks to the growing “F1 Threads” community over a dozen questions were sent over, more if you count subparts. The respon...2024
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• 6 storylines to watch as F1 heads to the ‘Temple of Speed’ for the Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Can Mercedes rebound? Can Red Bull hold off McLaren? These questions and more will be answered at Monza Monza. The very name conjures up images of Formula 1 history, and speed. Moments such as Niki Lauda’s stunning return to the track at Monza in 1976, just over a month after his harrowing crash at the Nurburgring. Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto ...2024
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• Andrea Kimi Antonelli to make his Mercedes F1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix

Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images Mercedes confirmed that Andrea Kimi Antonelli will drive in FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix Andrea Kimi Antonelli is officially headed to Mercedes. While his status for 2025 remains a matter of speculation, with many believing Mercedes will announce at the Italian Grand Prix that the young phenom will be driving alongside George Russell next season, the team...2024
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