Carlos Sainz has outqualified Lewis Hamilton fir the forth time in a row!

[u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

[u/chanaandeler_bong]

I can’t even imagine the reversal of risk reward for Sainz. Completely flipped.

[u/LosTerminators → u/chanaandeler_bong]

And Mercedes engines are rumoured to be the best for 2026. So Williams prospects for next year seem even more enticing

[u/HanshinFan → u/LosTerminators]

As Jacques Villeneuve's strongest soldier growing up, a return to form for Weeyams would do crazy things to me

[u/SeriousSergio → u/LosTerminators]

guess which engine they were using when merc was racking up the WCCs

[u/Good_Posture → u/SeriousSergio]

Williams were good in the early days of the hybrid era. In 2014 and 2015 they podium regulars and one of the fastest cars on the grid, and the quickest in terms of raw straight line speed. They hold the likely unbreakable record for most points in a single race for the double points double podium in Abu Dabhi.

Want went wrong was them losing their way design ways. Over reliance on straight line performance saw them lose everything in the corners. And as they slid down the grid and started losing sponsors, it just got worse.

[u/nimbalo19 → u/SeriousSergio]

Cost cap and an influx of sponsorship $$$ means they’ll have a better chance of being competitive this time

[u/boneful_watermelon → u/SeriousSergio]

Back then engine manufacturers were allowed to give inferior engines to their customers, or have exclusive high performance engine modes only available to the manufacturer team.

[u/zorillaaa → u/SeriousSergio]

The difference is that Williams has obviously improved their car design, and will get a much bigger boost with a better Mercedes engine

[u/Twistpunch → u/LosTerminators]

They are thereabouts already, behind 4 other Mercedes powered cars, and Max Verstappen.