#anti Williams racing

[firetrucks-fastcars]

i hope logan and kyle are having a williams merch bonfire somewhere in florida while they drink beer and plan out james vowles murder. that’s the only thought getting me through this

[kyra3128]

Look I don’t want to be a hater except I do.

James vowels and Williams are maybe my biggest opp of all time ever for the rest of time because I understand his decisions but his reasoning is so fucking stupid and the way he goes about things is even more incompetent. I am a massive Logan fan but like I can understand that he costs quite a lot (except HES CRASHED LIKE TWICE ALL SEASON) and from a business decision getting rid of him is the best chance but to say you want to “maximise points” is such obvious bullshit because the Williams is a tractor no matter who drives it and from a pr perspective is incredibly terrible but to replace the driver who was taken out of f2 too quickly and was rushed to an f1 seat with a driver who is taken out of f2 even quicker is so stupid especially considering rookies are more inexperienced and have a higher chance of crashing and less likelihood of scoring points. But they’re also harming colapintos career because there aren’t any seats until 2026 at a push so while yeah it’s great 9 whole races in f1! Awesome! Until for the next two years he’s stuck in another series or as a reserve driver. And in a Williams he won’t be able to accurately display his skills to other prospective teams as the car is not performing anywhere near the midfield teams vowels claims there compeating with wich essentially puts colapintos career in a sort of purgatory similar to Liam Lawson where he’s showed what he can do but isn’t given the opportunity to be a permanent member of the grid.

TLDR: I just think that Williams are incredibly stupid and fucking dumb and destroy their drivers careers unintentionally.

[alonsoings]

williams do not piss me off

[notanotherfanblog]

Logan! Baby, honey, the curse is alive and well!

Williams, you eat shit another weekend!

[harryscherrywine]

just thinking abt the life I'll have to lead next year when Carlos is stuck with Williams racing... WHY

[yourmissionistofinishyourwips]

Ferrari and Williams are both definitely cursed but in very different ways

Like Ferrari somehow invoked the wrath of an ancient entity or was cursed by the gods for their hubris during the Schumacher era. The team is consumed by the curse and in turn consumes the drivers, e.g. Massa, Alonso, Vettel, Leclerc, Sainz. Those affected slowly lose their souls in an ancient and terrible way. The entire affair is a tragedy.

( Kimi Räikkönen was of course immune to the curse, for reasons extremely frustrating to the ancient curse-giver.)

Williams however, is experiencing some sort of cobbled together voodoo or witchcraft, purchased from some hag in a shed in the Appalachian mountains or a witch doctor in an alley somewhere. It’s not concerned with long-term suffering or legacies tainted; it's just inflicting the most damage as possible as soon as possible. There’s no all-powerful being and their wrath invoked; this is sheer human pettiness. Someone Kyle Kirkwood has inflicted this because of some spiteful grudge Williams’s treatment of Logan Sargeant and is cackling. The cars are just falling apart at the seams and giving up the ghost with zero provocation, and when they aren’t, Albon or Colapinto immediately bins it into the wall. Everyone at Williams is experiencing the horrors. No one—not the cruel team principal, the teammate who remains, the replacement, the unsupportive garage, or the poor mechanics—is spared. The entire affair is kinda funny.

[notanotherfanblog]

oh, the pride in my heart right now!

THE VISIBLE DUCT TAPE ON THE WILLIAMS

[reesemon]

JAMES VOWLES SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT WANTING TO FIRE LOGAN FOR 24 HOURS CHALLENGE!!! **gone wrong** **failed**

[scuderia-hamilton]

i have more things to say, cause this just makes my blood boil.

this is not just shit for Logan, this is not good for Colapinto either.

it’s not just that Colapinto has no experience in F1, but he barely has any experience in F2, this is his rookie year there. they’re throwing him in F1 way too early, he’s not at all ready, even though he’s doing a kind of decent job at F2 in the moment (he’s sixth in the championship). he has potential, but they! gotta! let! him! learn! they’re ruining his chance for a good F2 season, probably ruining his entire career with this, all because they want Logan out of the team so bad. he’s not going to be able to perform at all, cause the car is horrible and he’s a rookie.

this is not like when Ollie drove in Jeddah. this is Ollie’s second f2 season, he’s driven F1 cars before for Haas and for Ferrari, he had more experience than Colapinto has now. and he was driving a Ferrari. yes, we joke that Ferrari is shit and blah blah blah, but it’s still a good car, especially compared to the Williams.

Colapinto will be under tremendous pressure to prove himself and score points, cause this is his chance, his breakthrough. but that pressure is not a good thing, as we’ve seen before time and time again, it only creates more mistakes and doubts.

this is such a shit situation and i literally cannot wrap my head around why Vowles thought that yes, this is the solution.

[sugenberry]

Does James Vowles understand he's just criticised actual F1 royalty? The gridson of one of the most beloved drivers in recent history? Does he have a death wish?

[chaosinstigator]

may 2025 be redbull’s worst season yet

[firetrucks-fastcars]

if i have to sit through one more heartbreaking team radio from logan i will swim to barcelona and murder james vowels with my bare hands

[valyrfia]

ENJOY YOUR LAST PODIUM EVER CARLOS SAINZ.

[eliz-eia]

i didn't really care about alex and logan but i have since watched a couple team torque videos and now i can't bare to see them separated

[notanotherfanblog]

Both Williams out! Lessgo! Now, we just need a crash in the race and the Logan curse is thriving @atlaskeira, we are celebrating!

[britney-rosberg06]

Liam Lawson on F1 accessibility and Ollie Bearman:

“I would say maybe, it’s becoming more clear-it’s hard because obviously I don’t wanna just speak for myself but just using Ollie [Bearman] as an example-how potentially accessible formula 1 is for the younger sort of generation and us trying to step into it. I think in my experience it’s not so much driving the car but everything else that comes with Formula 1-the pressure, the media side of it the atmosphere-it’s very very different to what anything else we’ve raced. But the driver part of it sort of how accessible it is. I think from the simulator work and preparation that we do that someone like Ollie is able to jump into the car and be on the pace and do such a good job”

THIS is it!! This is what we’re saying! Liam and Ollie both performed superbly when given the opportunity to do so. It’s clear that the F1 car is manageable for someone making a quick jump from F2 or older F1 cars. When-in my experience-the reason teams have been hesitant maybe to bring in younger talent like Liam and Ollie is cause of the difference in the car. Liam and Ollie have both said that’s not true and they both did quite well through several tough races in Liam’s case like Singapore and Qatar.

It’s for reasons like what Liam says that we need to either push out some of the guys who aren’t performing at their level (*cough* Ricciardo *cough*) or open up the sport to more teams! If Andretti had gotten their bid accepted, Liam Lawson might not have to wait around for DR to get his head out of Chr*stian Horners ass and retire and he could have a seat for 2025. Cause until that happens, and until other teams make moves to push out their older competitors. Liam (and Ollie, sort of) can’t join F1.

And another problem this raises, is that either of them could have a seat next year. If teams weren’t so scared of missing out on the next Max Verstappen.

Toto Wolff practically has the seat reserved for Kimi Antonelli and he will do whatever it takes to either get it to him in 2025, or blow off that year to wait for Kimi in 2026. Meaning that Liam and Ollie would be left on their asses if either if them signed to Merc. And this isn’t hate to Kimi! This is simply a criticism of the teams only taking younger talent when they’re considered prodigious.

If they signed to a lower grid team like Haas-who we know are in tentative talks with Ollie-or Sauber or Alpine then they will underperform to their potential because the car they drive is shitty but they’ll be the ones blamed for it due to “lack of experience” and teams can continue to make the claim that the F2 to F1 jump is too big and the cycle repeats perpetually until it’s just not worth it and we the fans lose out on potential great talent. Even though drivers who have been in the sport for years can underperform in the same car and it’s fine!

It doesn’t make sense, truly, for them to not trust younger talent when Zak Brown and Mclaren have signed the youngest pairing on the grid, who after updates last year to the car, were pretty consistent with placing in the points and earned them several podiums.

Also, look at how much good the 2019 rookies ended up being for the sport. 3 childhood friends entered into F1, there were highs, lows, etc they each got their shot to prove themselves and now. One is working to rebuild a historic team, one is outperforming a 7 time champion (again no hate just observation) and one is considered to be apart of the team that can take the fight to RedBull and Ferrari

It just doesn’t make sense when young drivers get passed up even when they prove themselves in favor of relying on middling drivers who’s time in the sun have kind of passed on.

Anyway, I hope Liam and Ollie get a seat next year. I hope Kimi Antonelli does what’s best for him as a kid rather than what is best for his career. I hope Daniel Ricciardo gets kicked out mid season. And I hope the next time a team comes in trying to join F1, they can actually do it