Off the back of a much-improved 2025 campaign which yielded a comfortable fifth place in the Formula 1 world constructors' standings, Williams is now a team that is looking up rather than over down.
Over the past 18 months the Grove-based squad harvested bountiful low-hanging fruit that was holding it back, and that meant that while its aerodynamic development has largely been focused on 2026 and beyond, it still found ways to improve its performance level with the FW47, guided by its experienced driver line-up of Alex Albon and Ferrari hire Carlos Sainz.
