James Vowles on Williams’ objectives for the remaining races

      James Vowles, team principal of Williams Racing, believes that in the remaining races of the season the team should perform better than it did at the Mexico City round, but it is equally important to collect as much useful information as possible to aid preparation for 2026.

      After the Mexican Grand Prix Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz were classified 12th and 17th respectively, although the Spanish driver did not reach the finish after crashing his car in the closing laps. Therefore, the primary task is to achieve higher results at the upcoming São Paulo round.

      James Vowles: "The most important thing for us was to work out how to set the car up for Alex. I think, as a result of the measures taken after Mexico, we have managed to find the right direction. As for Carlos, he definitely has the pace, and in the remaining races we need to use it as effectively as possible, which means doing everything correctly.

      I believe that we are now laying the necessary foundations for work in 2026. We must ensure that all our actions and processes improve — information flow, how we work with the cars on track — and in the remaining four races we will have the opportunity to achieve this.

      Undoubtedly, we are still fighting for 5th place in the Constructors' Championship, but we will only reach that goal if we make full use of the car's potential.

      So, ahead of the weekend in Brazil, which includes a sprint, my primary instruction to the team is to operate as precisely and coherently as possible, despite the difficult working conditions. We need to do everything to score the maximum number of points so that both drivers have that opportunity.

      I think the Las Vegas weekend should go well for us, but for that it is important to squeeze everything the car is capable of. We will probably face more difficulties in Qatar, but there we can also gain useful experience and learn a lot. Preparing for 2026, we need to find an approach to such tracks as well, and to achieve that we will try to work a little differently on setups.

      Finally, in the season finale in Abu Dhabi we will see that the results will be extremely tight, margins will be measured in milliseconds, and there everything will again depend on the precision and efficiency of our actions."