Williams reveals new F1 car for 2025 in special livery · RaceFans

Williams has become the second Formula 1 team to reveal its new car for the upcoming season.

The team held an event at Silverstone to present its Mercedes-powered FW47. The car has been revealed in what the team calls a “bespoke one-off livery”. It will uncover its definitive livery at F1’s official pre-season launch event in London next week.

In their third year under the leadership of team principal James Vowles, Williams have made two significant changes. The first is the hiring of ex-Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jnr, a four-times grand prix winner. He takes the seat Logan Sargeant occupied at the start of last year in before he was dropped at mid-season and replaced by Franco Colapinto.

Sainz will partner Alexander Albon, who goes into his fourth year as a Williams driver.

The second major change at the team is the arrival of the team’s first title sponsor since 2019, Atlassian, which was announced earlier this week.

The FW47 was designed under the new technical team Vowles has put in place since he joined the team from Mercedes. They include chief technical officer Pat Fry and design director Matt Harman, both of whom joined the team from Alpine.

Williams fell from seventh in the 2023 championship to ninth last year, following a season dogged by crashes.

Reigning constructors’ champions McLaren became the first team to present their new F1 car for 2025 yesterday.