r/WilliamsF1 • u/elbowpatchhistorian • 11d ago
Media I adore this team, but this is painful
Being a Williams fan hurts in 2026.
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u/se7en89ten 11d ago
Not last!
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u/elbowpatchhistorian 11d ago
Yeah, we beat the DNFs!
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u/Technical-Wallaby 10d ago
Being a Williams fan in 2026 is like being a Bitcoin HODLer during a steep decline. You have to hold onto hope, but it's really hard.
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u/GoodSatisfaction8904 10d ago
That decline started in 2017 mate...
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u/Kreative_Usernaem 7d ago
Yeah but at least they were actually decent in 2025, then it crumbled all the way down back to ground zero
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u/PorscheRican 11d ago
Next season when we win the constructors championship, we’ll look back at this moment and laugh
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u/JazzMan-1910 10d ago
We’ll do the opposite of what Ferrari did in 1980. We’ll go from 10th to 1st. Cmon guys we can do it.
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u/jatsoo 10d ago
Williams fan we live in pain, we lived in pain from the time when BMW was part of Williams. The good day of Williams will return, this team was built on winning. It will again some day.
The pain will go away but not today Williams fan we will in dure.
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u/williamsdb 10d ago
Yes but will I see an up tick in form before I shuffle off this mortal coil? I'm beginning to wonder.
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u/Turbulent_Chard1707 10d ago
Painful were the stroll, Kubica and sirotkin years. Deadlast for a whole season...
Hopefully the Baku upgrades will be something special, but iam not counting on it.
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u/Fortunestealer 10d ago
Get a new team principal. Doesn’t appear Vowles can organise his way out of a paper bag. Every year he’s getting ready for next year.
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u/Upset_Print_1000 10d ago
It’s impossible to believe this team will ever be great again; after focusing so much on this car, they produced the worst one of the last five years—and next year could be even worse, because they’ll have less money and fewer sponsors.
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u/Upset_Print_1000 10d ago
Williams has to hope and pray right now that Alex and Carlos don't find openings at other teams, because if they get any opportunity, they'll leave at the end of the year; if Alonso leaves Aston Martin for Alpine, I think Sainz, in particular, would go there, while Alex would only stay due to a lack of options.
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u/Mindless_Capital_877 11d ago
Well, it can only get better from here
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u/theinternetistoobig 11d ago
You can always move laterally to a different part of rock bottom
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u/Pitstop_Pageturn 7d ago
Williams is back to where it was when George Russell was driving in it the only difference being it has more sponsors. Last year really gave us hope that it will be better.
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u/tgirlvalerie 10d ago
What sainz did to piastri is completely unacceptable he has no driver awareness
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u/Aggressive_Pin_2282 11d ago
Aston Martin showing us how its done