The stress on James Vowles might be mounting at Williams, in keeping with former Haas Method 1 crew principal Guenther Steiner, who has provided a blunt evaluation of the Grove outfit’s present efficiency.
Following a difficult Hungarian Grand Prix the place Williams continued to wrestle for tempo, Steiner didn’t mince his phrases concerning Vowles’s tenure, suggesting that the crew is “going backwards”.
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Heading into the summer season break, Williams sits ninth within the constructors’ championship with 11 factors. Aston Martin, which introduced intensive upgrades to the Hungarian Grand Prix, is tenth with one level. Regardless of the present hole, Steiner argued that the Silverstone outfit would probably end forward of Williams on the finish of the 12 months.
“I feel they’ve received a giant probability to choose up two factors right here, two factors there to get to 11 [points] as a result of I don’t assume that Williams goes to choose up any extra factors,” Steiner defined.
Vowles joined Williams as crew principal in 2023 and has had a giant job on his palms to show the outfit round. Williams completed seventh within the standings in Vowles’s first season and fifth by the tip of his third. However Williams has struggled with the brand new wave of rules launched in 2026.
“They promised us in the beginning of the season, ‘We might be again; we all know precisely what to do,'” Steiner argued. “Guess what? They are going backwards as a substitute of forwards in the meanwhile.”
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