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Mexican GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team GP Preview
With just a week separating the two races the Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves from Austin to Mexico and Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit for the 2026 Mexican GP. The circuit will offer its own challenges including the altitude which sees the circuit the highest that is visted. Aside from this the team will continue to work on the FW48 in preparation for 2027 as well as trying to achieve the maximum performance from the car during the Mexican weekend. It is felt that the Mexican circuit may be that bit more suitable for the FW48. For both Carlos Sainz and Alex Alobon they will work on achieving the maximum result but again points maybe difficult to achieve.
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United States GP: Expected race results for Williams F1 Team
With both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz starting from well down the grid, and even with both making good starts, they would drop back with Alex finishing 17th and Carlos 18th in the 2026 United States GP. There race results were also not helped by the fact that both would suffer front wing damage which for Carlos would see a front wing change. But given the pace of the FW48 the race results were pretty much the best that could be expected on the day with the team's focus now well and truly shifted to 2027.
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United States GP: Qualifying disappointments for Williams F1
In a continuation of the frustrations for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team coming from their practice sessions at the Circuit of the America's qualifying for the 2026 United States GP would see futher disappointments for the team. Both Carlos sainz and Alex Albon would be finish again well down the order with Carlos 19th and Alex 20th. Simply said the prospects for Sunday's race are not very good. A points result is not on the cards as the team continue to shift all their focus to 2027.
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United States GP: Tricky Friday for Williams F1 Team
The Atlassian Williams F1 Team would come away from the Friday practice sessions for the 2026 United States GP, at the Circuit of the America's, spending a considerable amount of time collecting data in FP1 which was to be used in next years cars development programme but it would put the team on the backfoot in FP2. Add on to this was the continued issues with the FW48 on tracks like COTA. At the end of the day Carlos Sainz was only able to manage 20th while Alex Albon was 22nd. For the team this is going to require some serious overnight examination of their data to see if they can in some way rectify the situation.
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United States GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team GP Preview
The Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves to the Circuit of the America's for the 2026 United States GP. Coming from the frustrations of the Singapore GP the Williams Team is again aiming to gain the maximum from the upgraded FW48. There are the uncertainties of whether the FW48 will suit the COTA circuit but as in previous races the team will work on achieving the best performance. It is yet to be determined from the team whether they will bring any further updates but media reports have a possibility of changes to the FW49 suspension.
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Williams F1 Team reveals celebrations for 50th anniversary
Atlassian Williams F1 Team will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027 with a calendar of special moments that puts fans at the heart of the action. The centrepiece will be a unique opportunity for fans to travel through five decades of racing at the pinnacle of motorsport in a spectacular setting. ‘W50 Live’ will bring to life Williams’ remarkable story of triumph, tragedy and a relentless determination to succeed through a theatrical, multi-sensory journey featuring championship-winning cars and some of the most iconic memorabilia in the team’s history.
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Singapore GP: Race sees Williams F1 Team let down by issues
The Atlassian Williams F1 Team would come away from the 2026 Singapore GP with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon suffering from various issues that would see Carlos only 14th and Alex 18th, even though Alex retired in the pits. Carlos would make an excellent start that saw him in the top ten but very early in the race he would suffer from technical issues that would see him lose places. After this it came down to the usual issue of having a car that simply lacked the pace in the race to fight with the other midfield teams. For Alex he would suffer from brake issues and it was decided to retire his car late in the race simply to save the car. Overall a frustrating race which again saw the team suffer from a poor performing FW48. The big question for the team will be whether they can find more performance from the car as we draw close to the season's end.
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Singapore GP: MIxed Saturday for Atlassian Williams F1 Team
Saturday at the Marina Bay Circuit would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team have to contend with both the Sprint and Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. The Sprint would see Carlos Sainz finish in 12th but for Alex Albon he would retire after suffering damage after being involved in a collision with another car. Then qualifying would be a far more positive session for the team with Carlos making it into Q2 and would finish in 14th. Alex would only manage 18th having to contend with a car that was not at its best after the crash in the Sprint. It was overall a far better result than what the team had achieved after Sprint Qualifying. Sunday's race will be a difficult one given the difficulties in passing but both Carlos and Alex will give it their best.
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Singapore GP: Sprint Qualifying frustrations for Williams F1
In what could only be described as frustrating and disappointing the Atlassian Williams F1 Team would see both their drivers fail to make it past SQ1 in the Sprint Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. Alex would finish in 19th and Carlos 22nd. Across the FP session prior to the qualifying session the team would have various issues to contend with which would add to their difficulties in Sprint Qualifying. But then reports would come from both Carlos and Alex about a loss of engine power during their runs in SQ1 which added on top of their own car issues made their final sprint qualfying runs that much more difficult. It was later confirmed that the FIA had disabled Overtake mode as a result of a Red Flag during SQ1 but had failed to turn it back on and only saw their mistake with a small amount of time remaining. This would impact both Williams cars. The FIA acknowledged that their mistake but they did not establish whether this mistake would have changed which drivers progressed to SQ2.
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Singapore GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team Grand Prix Preview
In what is the third race of F1's triple header the Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves to the Marina Bay circuit for the 2026 Singapore GP. This race also marks the final Sprint event of the season so it will pose its own challenges with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon only having one practice session to continue their development work on the upgraded FW48 chassis. It is hoped that the nature of the Singapore circuit may suit the FW48 better than what we saw in the last race at Sepang. It is also hoped that both Carlos and Alex can have event free races given the frustrations they had in the last race with Carlos being spun by another car and for Alex a retirement with a gearbox failure.
