{"id":1380,"date":"2026-07-01T19:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:44:51","slug":"williams-azerbaycan-gp-yeni-arac-plani-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/williams-azerbaycan-gp-yeni-arac-plani-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams is planning an \u201calmost completely new car\u201d by the Azerbaijan GP."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Williams Team Principal James Vowles announced the team will bring an \u201calmost entirely new car\u201d to the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Grove-based team has had a weak start to the new technical phase of the 2026 season; the FW48 was completed late and overweight. Weight issues and a slow update schedule continue to weigh on the team&#039;s performance; Williams is eighth in the constructors&#039; championship with only 11 points, ahead of only Audi, Aston Martin and Cadillac.<\/p>\n<h2>There are no updates in Austria, and performance has deteriorated even further.<\/h2>\n<p>Vowles stated that at the Austrian GP, Williams offered no improvements while their rivals brought updates, leading to a further setback in their competitive position. The hot weather and track characteristics also exposed the car&#039;s weaknesses. Alex Albon finished 17th, two laps behind, while Carlos Sainz was unable to finish due to engine failure. Speaking to Sky Germany, Vowles said, &quot;That&#039;s one of the big reasons why you see us falling back a bit.&quot;.<\/p>\n<h2>Update schedule extending from Silverstone to Baku.<\/h2>\n<p>Vowles has outlined a step-by-step update plan for the remainder of the season. A \u201cmid-range\u201d package will be presented for this weekend\u2019s British GP at Silverstone. This will be followed by smaller components at the Belgian GP (Spa) and the Hungarian GP (Budapest). A slightly larger element, including weight reduction work, will be introduced at the Dutch GP (Zandvoort). The real transformation is planned for the Azerbaijan GP at the end of September. \u201cFor Baku, it\u2019s almost a completely new car; that\u2019s the timeframe we\u2019ve been waiting for,\u201d Vowles emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Albon said he didn&#039;t expect the British GP update to be a game-changer, but it would help the team start closing the gap to Alpine, Racing Bulls and Haas. \u201cIt won\u2019t move us into the midfield, but maybe it will get us a little closer to Haas. It\u2019s a sensible first step for this year. Racing Bulls lapped us today, so the gap is quite big,\u201d Albon said after the Austrian GP. Aston Martin is following a similar strategy; the team plans to postpone minor improvements and prepare a large package for the Hungarian GP at the end of July.<\/p>\n<h2>Source<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/williams-plans-almost-entirely-new-car-by-azerbaijan-gp\/10834950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.motorsport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Williams Tak\u0131m Patronu James Vowles, Eyl\u00fcl sonunda yap\u0131lacak Azerbaycan GP&#8217;ye yeti\u015ftirilecek b\u00fcy\u00fck g\u00fcncelleme paketiyle arac\u0131n neredeyse tamamen yenilenece\u011fini a\u00e7\u0131klad\u0131. Tak\u0131m, \u0130ngiltere GP&#8217;si i\u00e7in orta \u00f6l\u00e7ekli bir g\u00fcncelleme sunarken as\u0131l s\u0131\u00e7ramay\u0131 Bak\u00fc&#8217;de yapmay\u0131 hedefliyor.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,84],"tags":[27,482,696,509,10,697,483],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-slider","tag-2026-sezonu","tag-alex-albon","tag-azerbaycan-gp","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-formula-1","tag-james-vowles","tag-williams"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlos-sainz-williams.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}