{"id":28324,"date":"2024-12-11T05:48:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=28324"},"modified":"2024-12-11T05:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:50:40","slug":"williams-prepared-to-make-2025-sacrifices-for-2026-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/12\/11\/williams-prepared-to-make-2025-sacrifices-for-2026-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams prepared to make 2025 sacrifices for 2026 car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williams have suffered from an immense number of crashes over the last twelve months. Team principal James Vowles<\/a> explains how next year’s car will be impacted – as preparation continues on the 2026 regulations.<\/p>\n

James Vowles: No team could anticipate 17 incidents in one year<\/h2>\n

Since joining Williams at the beginning of 2023, James Vowles has made no secret of his ambitions for the team.<\/p>\n

The former Mercedes engineer wants to rebuild Williams into a title-contending force, capable of competing consistently at the very front.<\/p>\n

To achieve this, Vowles is willing to make short-term sacrifices for the sake of long-term progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even before the team’s repair bill sky-rocketed, focusing on the 2026 regulations was a prevalent theme in Vowles’ media statements.<\/p>\n

After the conclusion of this year’s campaign, this sentiment was as strong as ever.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Why Yuki Tsunoda is at a dead end with Red Bull<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 regulations are the key<\/h4>\n

Following the crashes Franco Colapinto and Alex Albon have suffered, the factory in Grove have been forced into adjustments.<\/p>\n

James Vowles outlined the team’s position in ‘The Vowles Verdict’.<\/p>\n

“The impact on ’24 and ’25, is you can choose where to deploy your aerodynamic resource.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Do you want to put it all in the ’24 car early on, or do you want to change your ’25 car?<\/em><\/p>\n

“Which in our case, has some different layout at the rear of the car – certainly some different solutions we’ve come up with.<\/em><\/p>\n

Embed from Getty Images<\/a>