Williams have acknowledged they may need to take charge of their own destiny to get back to the front of F1 in future.
Williams potentially have six options for 2026 as Honda have put their name on the entry list, although they have yet to confirm if they’ll definitely be on the grid, while Audi and Ford, the latter linking up with Red Bull, will also be suppliers.“At some point you have to be in charge of your own destiny,” Vowles said, “and you’re simply not when you rely on someone else providing you parts.
But having extended their deal to include other Mercedes parts, not just the engine, the former Mercedes man acknowledges that if they do swap engine partners, they’ll most likely have to bring those parts back in-house. “But you’ll start to lose the knowledge internally as to how to do things to those levels. It’s a balance. It’ll give you a short-term step, but it’ll probably hurt you longer term.
A fight he admits will take time as first the team needs to begin moving forward year on year after which they can target the front of the midfield.“To break into the top three is incredibly difficult,” he said. “They have resources beyond your dreams. They have experience beyond your dreams, they have the best people on the grid.
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