Carlos Sainz premieres in Silverstone the new FW47: “Everything has gone well”

Formula 1 Williams Racing team presented this Friday, although without reveal I had everything well. ”

On a cold day in the mythical Silverstone, Sainz and Alex Albon, their new partner, started an important day in which they toured the first kilometers with the car for the new season, the FW47, although they did not reveal the decoration and final colors of the Car, since this will happen this Tuesday in a general presentation, for the first time in history, of all the teams of the grill in the O2 Arena in London.

“I feel at home, I feel comfortable and I feel privileged, because we have an incredible team that is being formed around me. And look at the car now, with respect to where it was 12 months or 24 months ago. That is the achievement of the team .

For the ‘captain’ of the project, “everything is collaboration and teamwork”, to “challenge other brands, systems and dynamics”, so they associated with Atlassian, new main partner. “They are colleagues, they are not ‘sponsors’. They are partners who want to be part of what we are doing,” he said.

“We will see how we move forward, we have focused on 2026, 2027 and 2028. This year we have great infrastructure changes, 700 people, more than 1,050, and we have not finished. We are here to make sure that we will win championships again. To do that , it will take a little more time, but we are investing for that.

The team leader explained that the FW47 “is obviously an evolution of the car last year”, so “it is always difficult to know” what the bar will be. “When you look at the car, you can see thousands of details that are another evolution where we were before. There has been no blockade as to where we were. We are making sure that we continually advance the team,” he added.

“We have many more ingredients available to us. I think that in a normal race weekend it is impossible (get on the podium), but there are circumstances that will fall and we have two of the strongest pilots that will give us absolutely everything, like the team “He warned about a team with workers who” have given life “for the project.

After the conversation with Vowles, it was the pilot’s turn. In a relaxed tone, Albon complained about the cold in Silverstone. “My brain can’t think. It’s cold,” he joked. “I feel as if I was living my dream. I have dreamed of this since I was four years old. I will appreciate that moment when I go out in the car for the first time this afternoon. We have all wanted to be in formula 1 at some point in our lives and It is a very special place for us, “he said.

For his part, Sainz revealed that his vacation were “shorter” for the change from Ferrari to Williams. And the Madrid has been the first to take a walk with the new FW47, an installation turn and with rain gums. “Everything has gone well, it is good news, because the return of installation of a newborn car is always a bit difficult, but everything worked as it should,” he said.