After a painful 2024 season for Williams F1 Racing team principal James Vowles reflected on what went wrong for the Grove-based team. The British engineer has admitted many times that a lot needs to change within the structure of the Grove organisation, in terms of infrastructure and technology. Nonetheless, 2024 was pretty brutal. A series…
Newly signed Alpine F1 reserve driver Franco Colapinto has shown amazing performances with Williams since his mid-season debut at Italian Grand Prix in Monza. On the back of these performances several teams showed interest in signing the young Argentine, including Red Bull and Alpine F1. Red Bull interest in Colapinto In a recent interview with…
It’s no secret that Williams Racing F1 Team is set for a huge year in 2025 with its experienced driver line-up and recent influx of financial resources, led by James Vowles. Vowles, the Team Principal for Williams F1 since January 2023, is determined to show the progress of the team. He seems to believe the…
Maria Catarineu, part of the management team of Franco Colapinto, has revealed the duration of the Argentine’s contract with Alpine F1 is a five-year one following an agreement between Flavio Briatore and James Vowles. Flavio Briatore and his pursuit of Colapinto Talking to infobae about the news that was announced last week, Catarineu spoke about…
Williams F1 has confirmed that their FW47 challenger will be shown to the world on the 14th of February, also known as Valentine’s Day. The Grove-based team had a difficult 2024 season as a lack of spare parts at the start of the season, an overweight car, and a series of crashes from Alex Albon,…
The 2025 F1 season begins in just over 2 months — but the driver market is already hotting up as Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto are the key players at this moment in time as Flavio Briatore and Alpine F1 continue to make headlines. Pit Debrief has learned that the 21-year-old Australian driver will be…
In 2024, Formula One said goodbye, or at least a see-you-later, to several drivers – Logan Sargeant whose disastrous stint with Williams Racing came to a fiery end in Zandvoort, Daniel Ricciardo whose disappointing return to F1 ended in Singapore, and of course the likes of Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Sargeant’s replacement Franco Colapinto and…
2024 was a very tough season for the Williams F1 Team, and it is reflected in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings as Alex Albon is their highest in 14th. Australia nightmare the big headline in a tough start Williams only just had the FW46 ready in time for the Bahrain Grand Prix at the beginning of…
After a mix of highs and lows, Franco Colapinto is ranked 16th in Pit Debrief’s F1 2024 Driver Rankings. The Argentine driver joined the 2024 Formula One season as the 22nd driver, replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams Racing. He quickly gained attention with strong performances early on. However, his momentum stalled after failing to finish…
Last in our standings, the American driver’s sophomore F1 season definitely was not what neither Sargeant nor team boss James Vowles had expected or hoped for. The Williams Academy driver had prepared himself in 2022 amassing a great deal of kilometres by testing during FP1s and private tests, conducted alongside his rookie Formula 2 season….
