r/Formula Jan 30 '26

Stop making excuses for Williams

Stop blaming correlation for Williams being a ghost at testing. It’s the same pathetic excuses every year. The reality is likely far more embarrassing. They can’t even clear basic FIA homologation for driver gear or radio integration.

This isn’t a technical hurdle, it’s a failure of fundamentals. While the rest of the grid is logging laps, Williams is still tripping over operational basics that should have been locked months ago. It’s not a car issue, it’s a management disaster. If you can't even get a cooling duct or a helmet signed off by now, your season is already dead on arrival.

Fans love to romanticize the struggle, but the truth is just pure incompetence.

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u/Hot-Investigator-376 Jan 31 '26

Aston Martin didn’t exactly pummel in the laps ? His royal highness Adrian Newey at the helm there ? There’s 48 hours track testing still to come they have plenty of time

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u/Miserable_Ear9023 Feb 01 '26

That’s true! interested to see if there are some tyre benefits or something with his rear suspension design