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2026 CONSTRUCTOR PROFILE

Williams

Atlassian Williams F1 Team

Carlos Sainz and Alexander Albon drive for the Grove team, with nine constructors' championships forming its competitive heritage.

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Constructor standing
P9
2026 season snapshot
Official team points
12
Grand Prix + Sprint
Constructor titles
9
Historical scope below
Est. driver salaries
$25m
2026 · USD / year
THE 2026 MACHINE

Williams

2026 Williams Formula 1 car, right-facing side profileOfficial car image
THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN

2026. The team picture.

Official constructor standings, checked 18 Oct 2026.

Current drivers’ season points, added12

Carlos Sainz: 7 · Alexander Albon: 5. Driver profiles checked 18 Oct 2026.

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Official constructor standings checked on 18 October 2026. The team profile records 17 Grands Prix and 6 Sprints. These are a dated snapshot, not final-season totals.

TWO SEATS. A SHARED AMBITION.

The people in the cockpit.

The current line-up, with individual world titles and season points. These driver records are separate from constructor honours.

Driver ages and records are calculated at their source snapshot, checked 18 Oct 2026. Open a shared view of both careers, season statistics and published deals.

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THE PUBLISHED ESTIMATES

The cost of the line-up.

Dated media estimates for the current drivers’ annual salaries, in USD.

Combined estimated driver salaries$25m2026 · USD per year

Sum of the two current race drivers' dated 2026 annual salary estimates in USD. Reported ranges are added as ranges. These are media estimates, not official salary disclosures or a team operating budget. Bonuses, personal sponsorships and later contract changes are excluded. Each driver retains the original estimate source and publication date below.

What the salary estimates include

Media estimate published on 4 February 2026, in USD per year for the 2026 season. Excludes team bonuses, performance bonuses and personal sponsorships. Not an official salary disclosure; later contract changes are not reflected in this dated estimate.

These estimates exclude team/performance bonuses and personal sponsorships. They are not verified payroll, a transfer valuation or the team’s operating budget. Later contract announcements do not update the dated estimates.

THE YEARS THAT BUILT THE NAME

A place in the record books.

Constructor championships, with the source’s team identity and lineage kept explicit.

9Constructors’ world championships

Driver world titles belong to the individual. The current line-up has 0 combined driver titles across their careers.

Title-winning seasons

  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1996
  • 1997

Nine constructors' titles belong to the Williams record, as listed in the FIA historical record and corroborated by Formula 1's year-by-year history. The current F1 team-profile counter displays eight, a source conflict retained here explicitly. The 1978 first-entry field follows that profile's convention, rather than the team's 1977 founding date.

FIA - historical constructor title years (2015 record)
First entry in F1 profile
1978
Team base
Grove, United Kingdom
Formula 1 team profile
FROM THE RESEARCH DESK

Stories from this line-up.

Published simulation reports about the current drivers. Forecasts retain their own assumptions and data cutoffs.

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FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Sources & snapshot dates.

Team information checked 18 Oct 2026. Each record retains its own source and date.

Constructor statistics, driver statistics, public contract terms and media salary estimates have different scopes. Official portraits are reused from the linked driver profiles. These are editorial snapshots, not an automatically refreshed live feed.

Independent research and sourced records. Team colours are illustrative; portraits remain unchanged from the official Formula 1 profiles. Grid Pace Lab is not affiliated with Formula 1, the FIA or the teams.