Vowles highlights Williams F1’s strategic 2027 focus over 2026

Williams boss James Vowles has offered a remarkably candid explanation for his team’s miserable 2026 campaign, admitting the Grove outfit knowingly sacrificed aerodynamic performance this year to repair the foundations of its operation and give itself a better chance of getting 2027 right. The gamble has come at a heavy price. Williams sits ninth in the Constructors’ Championship with just 12 points, a dramatic fall from fifth last year, when Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon delivered podium finishes in Baku and Qatar. Worse, the season began in disastrous fashion. Williams missed the first winter test and arrived with an overweight…