Williams Struggles Amid Crashes, Alpine Surge to Points

Vowles Left Shaken as Crashes Mar São Paulo GP

05/11/2024

James Vowles admits to a challenging São Paulo GP, as Williams F1 endured three crashes while Alpine gained a substantial points lead.

Vowles, Williams F1 Team Principal, admitted that the São Paulo Grand Prix had been very challenging for the team. The Briton was somewhat demoralized as he reflected on the weekend at Interlagos, where Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto faced three crashes, and Alpine scored 35 points.

“Formula 1 is designed to give you incredible highs and results, but also moments of despair. I think it’s fair to say this weekend was the latter of those two,” Vowles stated.

“We had three incredibly severe accidents within just a few hours, and we have a huge amount of work ahead to get back on our feet before heading to Las Vegas in a few weeks. Our rivals, Alpine, were fast in the race. There’s no doubt about it.”

Williams isn’t backing down against Alpine and other teams: “They deserved those positions, but they scored a massive amount of points, which has put them in a very high position in the championship and has pushed us back to ninth.”

“They’re far ahead, but I never give up until it’s time to give up, and that won’t be until we’re in Abu Dhabi and the checkered flag has fallen. We have two fast drivers and a fast car with us.”

“We must approach every weekend doing everything we can, while always staying focused on 2025 and 2026, because that’s where, as I’ve always said, our real objective lies.”

“It’s about laying the right foundations for 2026. That doesn’t make Sunday any less painful. Far from it—I’m hurting right now. But in fact, I wanted to watch this race to the end to make sure I remember it, because this isn’t how I want us to feel in the future.”

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Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

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Mercedes
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2
Haas
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3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
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5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
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