Williams reveals retro Alan Jones-inspired livery for Madrid. Williams has unveiled an Alan Jones-inspired livery for this weekend's inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the new Madring. The FW48 will switch from its regular colours to a white and green scheme paying tribute to the championship-winning FW07C that represented Williams during Formula 1's previous visit to Madrid in 1981. Jones and Carlos Reutemann raced the FW07C at Jarama that season, with Williams ultimately securing the constructors' championship. Now, some 45 years later, the team has drawn on that era for its return to the Spanish capital as Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon prepare to tackle the Madring for the first time. The one-off design was developed alongside Williams' title and technology partner Atlassian, and was officially revealed on Tuesday evening at Williams' Fan Zone in Madrid's Plaza De Callao, where Sainz was on hand to unveil the new-look FW48. Team principal James Vowles said the throwback provided an opportunity to recognise the knowledge built up across Williams' lengthy history as it continues its rebuilding project. "Our mission to get back to the front of the grid is drawn from, inspired by and informed by everything we've done before," Vowles said. "I am incredibly proud to celebrate that through Atlassian's special livery, connecting the team Speedcafe were at Jarama with the team Speedcafe is becoming today through focused collaboration, improved technological innovation and real creativity. "The car looks fantastic, and I cannot wait to see it lapping around Madrid." The Madrid weekend will carry additional significance for Sainz, who will contest his 13th Spanish Grand Prix but his first F1 race in the city where he was born and raised. It also marks a new chapter for the Spanish Grand Prix, with the 22-turn Madring becoming the latest venue to join the world championship calendar. The circuit combines public roads with purpose-built sections and brings F1 racing back to Madrid for the first time since Jones and Reutemann competed at Jarama more than four decades ago. Williams heads into the weekend looking to end a lengthy points drought after failing to score across the eight grand prix weekends since Albon finished eighth in Monaco. The team sits ninth in the constructors' championship with 11 points.

Special edition Madrid Weeyums badge available now. Williams F1 Group link back up with the Weeyums fan artist to bring you a Spanish GP version 08 SEP 2026 Est. reading time Wherever Williams F1 Group go, this little hamster follows Williams F1 Group - so for its first Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, it felt only right to give Weeyums a taste of local life. Williams F1 Group has once again teamed up with the Go Weeyums cartoon artist, Stephanie (also known as Foxatcat) from Sweden, to create a special-edition badge for the Madrid weekend. For this special-edition badge, its favourite furry fan is settling in with a bowl of albóndigas as Williams F1 Group get ready to go racing around the streets of Madrid. And if you know your Alex and Carlos lore, you'll know there's a little more to those albóndigas than meets the eye... You can add this limited-edition badge to your collection now, plus earn 10 WClub points when you do so! Available now Weeyums Madrid 2026 Williams F1 Group has brought the hamster along to the 2026 Spanish GP. Shop its latest arrivals:

Girard-Perregaux and atlassian Williams F1 Team put craftsmanship at the heart of their partnership. September 5, 2026 Girard-Perregaux and the Williams F1 Team are deepening their partnership around a simple idea: great results are built through the work that happens long before anyone sees the finished product. Announced in Singapore on August 21, the collaboration brings together two very different technical worlds - Haute Horlogerie and Formula 1 - while focusing on the common ground between them. For both organisations, that means preparation, testing, adjustment and repetition. The polished watch or race car may be the visible result, but both are ultimately shaped by countless decisions made behind the scenes. Different Worlds, Similar Discipline Girard-Perregaux and Williams may operate in different industries, but both depend heavily on precision engineering and accumulated technical knowledge. In watchmaking, tiny mechanical components must work together with extraordinary accuracy. In Formula 1, performance is determined by similarly exacting work across aerodynamics, engineering, materials and race operations. The partnership argues that the most important link between the two is not machinery itself, but the people who understand how to make those systems perform. Knowledge built over time, experience shared between colleagues and a willingness to keep learning are central to both organisations. Progress, in this view, comes from technical expertise combined with discipline, intention and trust. Putting the People Behind the Machines in Focus That human element is expected to play a major role as the collaboration develops. Rather than simply placing two brands alongside one another, Girard-Perregaux and Williams intend to explore the individuals, knowledge and decisions behind their respective crafts. That could mean giving audiences a closer look at the work that happens before a watch leaves the manufacture or before a Formula 1 car reaches the grid. It also reflects a shared respect for expertise and for the different perspectives that individuals bring to highly specialised teams. A Partnership Built Around Exchange Looking ahead, both organisations say the relationship will grow through greater exchange between their people. By bringing together two distinct technical cultures, the aim is to expose both teams to new perspectives that could inspire fresh ideas and influence how they approach their own work. The partnership is therefore being positioned as more than a conventional collaboration between a luxury watchmaker and a Formula 1 team. Instead, Girard-Perregaux and the Williams F1 Team are framing it as a long-term relationship built around precision, learning and craftsmanship - with the belief that the strongest results often begin with the details that nobody sees.