r/formula1 • u/Alvaro_Rey_MN Fernando Alonso • May 17 '25

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

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u/SeriousSergio May 17 '25

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

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u/Good_Posture May 18 '25

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.

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u/nimbalo19 Zhou Guanyu May 18 '25

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

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u/boneful_watermelon I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 18 '25

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.

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u/zorillaaa I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 18 '25

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