The P1 Podcast dives into the recent Williams F1 car launch, discussing the new livery and its design choices. Hosts Matt and Tommy express disappointment over missing a live event but analyze the car's aesthetics, comparing it to last year's model. They debate the effectiveness of sponsor placements on the livery and explore creative ideas for wheel rim designs. The episode also touches on the growing sponsorship landscape in F1, highlighting how teams like Williams are now attracting more sponsors than in previous years.
Well, it wasn't quite the in-person launch we had planned for, but Williams have unveiled their new car! Can all the snazzy blue paint and sponsor logos distract from the fears that they could be in real trouble? Let's find out...
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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy.
You know what time it is.
It's another livery reveal.
It's another discussion.
I am sad, Tommy, because this was supposed to be us, firstly, seeing each other in real
life, me seeing that gorgeous complexion of yours.
But secondly, and less importantly, seeing the Williams in real life.
We might have even got time with the drivers and daddy vowels, but instead we are given
a video, which I'm still, you know, we're still going to talk about it, but I'm
a little bit angry because I, you know, it's quite an exciting thing that could
have happened.
Yeah, I know.
It's always, we joke about car launches and that, you know, we're in the comments
going, oh, just show the car, but when they actually put on event and you can go and
you can experience it and let you say, it looked like we might be able to, you know,
see daddy vowels in person.
I mean, what more do you want in your life?
So, sadly, it didn't happen.
And it's just another kind of thing that makes you maybe a little worried for
Williams with with how the season started.
It can't really go a lot, a lot worse than how it's gone so far.
So at least it can only get better, I guess.
I reckon Williams probably breathing a little sigh of relief that they didn't
have James Valls and Tom Bellingham in the same room.
Because I don't think people will be able to cope with that amount of sexual
energy. So I just just start.
You can tell we're only talking about a one minute video, can't you?
And no, we're not getting into the Hamilton Kim Kardashian rumors.
That is that's for a separate podcast.
Yeah, that's a four hour bonus episode for the patrons, my fault.
So yes, a livery launch, of course, no car to be spoken about because, of course,
Williams aren't going to unveil the the secret double triple diffuser that
they've created that we've discussed previously and that we thought that
maybe this is the biggest brain move ever from Williams to not show their car
yet because they've got all of the knowledge that is a very far fetched scenario.
But look, let's talk about the car, shall we?
But before we do, we have to tell you something that we haven't told you
in a little while to remind you all, Australia, we are coming down under.
We are taking the P1 live delusion tour to Australia this year.
And there's a question, right?
We've had a question from link 040409.
This is not a burner account.
This is a real person that came in with a question.
This isn't a question. Great for the podcast.
But could you guys convince my mum to buy tickets for your show in Perth?
It would be appreciated.
All right, let's do it.
I mean, how do I mean, firstly, you get to see Tom Bellingham in real life.
We've already said this, right?
That's something that's one thing once in a lifetime opportunity.
It's a high energy show.
It's not just a sit down podcast.
How do you like F1? Yeah, I do.
Do you like it? No, it's games.
It's high energy. I come into the audience.
We get your questions. We get your opinions.
It's just an awesome thing that you can come to on your own
because people make friends.
We've had so many bits of feedback,
which I absolutely love is the fact that people genuinely make friends
when they come to our P1 live shows.
We do a meet and greet at the end.
So if you want to, for whatever reason, meet me and Tommy.
It's free as well. Don't worry.
We're not charging for that stuff.
To meet every single one of you decide to wait and things like that.
So there's lots of awesome things to do.
And yeah, how else would you say it, Tommy?
And we're going to be extra hyped because
well, we're literally flying to the other side of the world, which is insane.
I can't get that in my head.
I'm getting like the nerves and good, good nerves about it.
Now I'm starting to like book the travel there and staying and stuff.
And it's really exciting because I've never been to Australia before.
So excited to see some new places and bring the P1 live show
to some new places.
And my word, you guys in Australia have come in with some serious love
with how quickly some of them sold out that we had to put new dates in.
Don't believe it when Tommy says he's booking things.
He has three personal assistants that are working furiously out.
I'm kidding, you're booking it.
I'm bringing the fan where we're on it.
We're going on a little Aussie tour.
See some kangaroos and toalas and all sorts.
Grace has come into Australia, guys.
I mean, that is in itself.
She might even tell it to a show.
That'd be amazing.
So to tell you the dates, the 5th of May Adelaide,
Norwood Concert Hall, the 6th of May Melbourne National Theatre,
which is a new show that we've added because the 7th of May,
this is also at the National Theatre, has sold out.
The 9th of May is the Seymour Centre in Sydney.
A matinee show has been added because we sold out The Evening Show,
which is mental.
And then the next two shows, the Seymour Centre, as I said,
Sydney on that same day sold out and then Brisbane at the Tivoli
on the 11th of May has also sold out.
And then the 13th of May, Perth Astell Theatre,
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OK, let's get into the livery first thoughts on the 2026 Williams.
I am going to start off by saying I prefer last year.
I prefer last year's livery.
I feel like it was cleaner.
I cannot get out of my head the.
Sort of the template of what this car
must have been at the start of going into a new season.
It feels like they've just had a bidding war to just pop sponsors
in different parts of the car with different colours,
like the Kamatsu as a white background.
The Barclays has a light blue background, then, of course,
the main colour of the Williams, which is dark blue.
Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad livery by any stretch.
And I still do like it.
However, it I think that's something that I can't quite see past.
If you look to the Haas, the greatest livery ever made.
It's growing on me more and more every time I see it.
It's just it's not as flowing as a car like that.
Whereas, yeah, that last year's Williams was a lot more blue
and a lot more darker blue, right?
And I like that more.
I actually prefer this one.
I do the disagreement.
We love to see it.
Finally, I think it's really cool.
And I do I do agree with you in the sense that
it does look like a car where.
Traditionally in Formula One, you tend to have like you have your livery.
All the sponsors are just like a white logo.
And then you have one title sponsor that may be allowed to be in full colour.
And clearly, Williams here have gone to your cell.
Have your battery bit.
Barclays, you can be like blue. Come out.
So you've got to be on a white background cracking.
You've got to be have your purple leg on this white background.
You know, this casino sponsor.
You can have a roulette wheel in a in a tire and everything.
And they've kind of agreed to everything.
And that could, in theory, make for a very, very, very horrendous and messy livery.
And I don't think it is that at all.
I think they've implemented it incredibly well.
And it looks really slick to say that, yeah, they have kind of
seemingly looks like they've made every sponsor very happy.
Maybe they're lucky and fortunate in the fact that a lot of those sponsors
are blue, which helps things.
But I think it's really nice.
And they've done a really good job with it.
OK, let's get to a question.
People on Patreon remember Piper MZ Mimic.
Should more teams be getting creative with the wheel rims?
I mean, it's a very clever idea, isn't it?
I think McLaren are the kind of OGs with this, with the chrome logo,
which was a genius bit of marketing.
And you're kind of so used to seeing on the McLaren now.
I do think, you know, if I take my like, they're a bit of fun.
Yes, they are incredibly garish and they kind of do make it a little bit cheesy.
But at the end of the day, if you want to impress sponsors,
just just look how much the JuraCell like when JuraCell got revealed
and everyone was like, wow, that's really clever.
They've made like the airboxer battery like got spoken about so much.
It added, you know, even more chatter, which as a sponsor is exactly what what you want.
So to do something creative with that sponsor and put it in the wheel rims
and make it like a roulette wheel or something, it's a very clever idea.
So, yeah, in terms of, yes, it's fun.
I think, yes, it does make the car look a bit garish and horrible
if you if people start to have do loads of crazy stuff.
But it's also a fun thing and clever marketing, I'd say.
Exactly. Yeah, it's not the first time we've seen this.
As you've said, Tommy, Red Bull with poker stars.
I guess it's a similar thing with what Williams have done here with their wheel rims.
I think they did it for Vegas.
Yeah, they did it for Red Bull.
So for me, I think they look great with white hard tyres on.
Chuck a yellow medium on or a red soft.
Who knows how that will will go.
I think there's a clear reason as to why they've gone for the white
wall tyre for these renders, because it looks the best
and it's the most neutral colour with those patterns.
But I'm happy to see them get creative.
How much more creative you can get?
I don't know.
And of course, yeah, gambling sponsors are absolutely loving
the idea of having a roulette wheel in the wheel rims.
So you would be surprised if you see more of that as we as we continue on
in this, I guess, yeah, they are going a little bit crazier with the
with deliveries and where they can fit sponsors in.
You know, football teams are like, where else can we sponsor the car?
Well, it shows that what a great place formula one is for sponsorship.
There was there was a stage in the kind of 2000s, wasn't there?
Where or maybe like early 2010s, even up to like early 2020
before Drive Survival really kicked off.
We know like Formula One is thriving right now.
And Williams in particular are just signing sponsors for for fun.
It feels like but so many you go back maybe like 10 years and so many
of their cars are so bad that there's no sponsorship on them.
You maybe got like one or two title sponsors now.
There seemingly can't get enough of it and everyone seemingly getting involved.
And you see these companies that are sponsoring Formula One itself
and the circuits and everything like it seems like all these sponsors
are now getting involved in the sport and that's making the teams,
you know, have all these big sponsors get involved and,
you know, be very prominent on their deliveries now,
which is not something we saw maybe five or six years ago.
Yeah, financially, teams are looking pretty, pretty good,
especially when you look at Williams.
Williams were struggling only a few years ago, weren't they?
They were they were really struggling for for backing that plane white car
that they had in like two thousand and twenty, I think it was.
And yeah, it's just like completely bare there at the back of the grid.
Now look at them and now look at them.
So many pieces of writing on that car.
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Harry and Haynes, what would be considered a successful season for Williams in 2026?
I guess it depends.
If you're asking me now, compared to the end of 2025,
I think I would have given you two very different answers at the end of 2025.
Now, they're getting podiums for fun with Carlos Sainz.
I think it was two main podiums and one sprint podium for not.
Yeah, I believe either or right.
They got podiums when they shouldn't have got them.
You're then thinking, how do we build on that?
However, everything then kind of went wrong with the 2026 car.
James Valls has been memed to high heavens with the clips from that
podcast about caring about nothing other than 2026 and then the failing of the crash
test being really overweight.
So you kind of have to factor that in that the team has been on the back foot
coming into this year.
So a successful season, honestly, like if they were able to replicate what they
did last year, I would consider that as of right now successful,
considering the problems that they've been facing.
I've never seen a team have more hype and then no hype before they've even turned
a wheel because, of course, we went into the end of last season.
Williams were doing well and the whole narrative was
if they're that good this year, I think how good they're going to be now.
They've completely like put all their eggs in 2026.
They've really gone for it.
They're going to have a Mercedes engine, which based on testing so far,
looks like is very strong and a lot of chasser of, you know, could be the
vessel of this whole engine compression ratio and all that kind of stuff as well.
So like the Mercedes package is the one to have and they've put all their eggs
in 2026, got two great drivers.
Surely it's going to be an amazing year.
And then it completely flipped on its head when, you know,
the only team not to make any, you know, days on the shakedown.
James Vows has kind of said, you know, he's not he's not concerned
and it's not as big of an issue.
I guess they're saving grace is the fact that there are a lot more tests,
you know, years gone by when there were three days at Bahrain and you miss all of
them, you don't really want to be rolling out for the first time
in free practice one like that's not good.
And so at least there's more time if they do indeed bring a real car
and it's not just a render and they do indeed turn it to Bahrain.
Here's hoping.
But yeah, a successful season.
They'll be hoping to just kind of replicate and maybe do a little bit
more than last year, but I completely agree with you that there was so much
expectation that if you'd asked me this at the start of the season, I'd have
said they want to be getting wins and maybe like a P3 in the Constructors
Championship, like top three in the Constructors or something.
Now I'm kind of like, well, yeah, just another solid season and grow from
grow from there and see if they can do any better than last year,
which was already an amazing season.
So question, how much trouble do we think Williams are actually in missing the
shakedown?
Now, this could be this could age incredibly badly, but I and maybe this is
me just trusting anything James Vowell says and he could tell me that the earth
is flat and I'd be like, yeah, I agree.
But he,
him, I don't think it's as extreme as people are saying where like
I'd be amazed if they're like, just because they missed the shakedown,
they are the worst car on the grid by a mile.
I don't think that's the case.
And I do think people, you know, they're getting memed to high heaven now,
aren't they? And you're seeing things like, oh,
Alex Albin on track and it's like a just a figure floating and going,
you know, with no car and saying, where's the car?
They're not going to have a car and all this kind of stuff.
I'd be amazed if they're last again, this could age incredibly badly.
But I don't think they're going to be as bad as maybe people are thinking just
because they missed a shakedown.
Yes, it's not ideal because someone like Mercedes and Ferrari have done like four,
five hundred laps. That's a lot of in real life running.
But it's not the end of the world.
It's not going to make or break their season, in my opinion.
I think they are in a bit of trouble.
Of course, James Vowell is not going to come out and openly say, yeah,
we're cooked, guys, we are absolutely.
I was wrong.
Over. I wish we tried in terms of.
Yeah, we would have won the world title of I firmly believe that they can,
of course, turn this around, as you say, two more tests to go.
But they are 500 laps behind Mercedes.
They're 430 odd laps behind Ferrari in terms of actual mileage.
That's with the powertrain.
That's with figuring out this new aero.
There's a huge amount of different systems that they have to get their head
around, which they're going to have to do in two tests.
That is a lot of time.
But it's not just the case of them missing it.
It's the case of what we're hearing about the car being incredibly overweight.
I know there have been other teams as well that rumored to be overweight.
But to have all these problems going into two weeks of testing,
not knowing what's really going to happen, you know, these virtual track test
thing, I really do doubt they've learned anywhere near as much as what
the teams out in Barcelona would have.
So for me, I think they, yeah, they've got their work cut out for them.
And it's I genuinely believe they'll be crossing their fingers when they roll
out on the first day in Bahrain and pray to God it all works.
Because if it doesn't, I think they're in serious trouble.
Because if you think the amount of time the teams have now,
with this off week, they have so much time to absorb the data that they have.
Oh, this didn't work very well.
I had that front wing wasn't deploying the way we wanted.
Williams don't have that luxury.
Yeah, because if they because if they go into that test and yeah,
the car breaks down straight away, they're like, oh, no, we're wasting more time.
So yeah, yeah, you're right in that sense.
Yeah, I think it's cross for Williams.
Not there because I love the team and I love the drivers.
So fingers crossed for them.
Now, before we go, a massive story in Formula One.
No, not Lewis Hamilton and Kim Kardashian rumored to being being dating.
But India's sports ministry is actively working to bring Formula One racing
back to the Buddha International Circuit.
Yes, OK, India.
Yes, please.
That track I played many, many times in F1 League racing on the Xbox.
Wasn't the greatest on a controller.
I'll be real better on a on a steering wheel.
You know, not competitive in the slightest,
just thinking about how I lost a couple of tents here and there.
But the circuit itself was was awesome.
I genuinely think it was I don't know.
It felt like the best of a lot of well, similar to like Austin in some ways,
like you have the the fast, long straights, you have the heavy breaking zones,
you have the the technical, I think, middle sector trying to remember exactly how it goes.
But yeah, I was a fan of the circuit.
And India has a massive Formula One following.
I know the P1 podcast has a massive Indian following.
Big shout out to each and every one of you if you if you're there.
So they deserve a Formula One track.
They deserve a Formula One weekend.
And I am fully in support of this this track in particular returning.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Like India are hugely passionate about Formula One.
We saw that when they had the circuit there in it.
Unfortunately for for them that they kind of they got into Formula One.
And this this can be said for like
South Korea and maybe even, you know,
to some extent these great tracks that came in
and they were kind of pre-drive to survive where, you know,
we mentioned about all these sponsors coming in and Formula One's absolutely booming.
If they'd have just like waited another five years and been on the calendar,
then, you know, the sport's absolutely thriving, that they're kind of loving life.
And they kind of missed it.
But from what I remember about that circuit and looking to how it is now,
the thing we always complain about a lot of tracks is like the cars are too big.
So that we need like wider circuits, heavy breaking zones, long straights,
but also still exciting fast corners.
And that's exactly what what the circuit had from from every head.
Widest, long straight, if I recall correctly, massive.
Definite opportunity for a little dive bomb.
Exactly. So these are the circuits that I think would be so heavily
suited to this modern Formula One, although it's all changing again this year,
of course, but even the year gone by, although have you heard now there's
rumours that Espanok and tov the media that the cars are harder to follow than last year?
So I really hope that I really hope he's wrong.
I'm just going to say he's flat out wrong.
Like, Esti Bestie, what do you know really?
You know, you're a Formula One driver of many, many years.
What do you know that we don't?
Drive in the car, be delusional like us.
Yeah, I need to be delusional and not agree with Estabanokon that they are harder to follow.
Please, God, no.
Why would we end the podcast with this note, Tommy?
We're talking about India coming back to Formula One.
Yipi, let's just leave it at that.
Leave it at that.
Anything to do with the overtaking.
Exactly. So it's going to be hard to overtake.
So we need tracks like the International Circuit.
Say that again, crazy.
OK, so just ignore what Tommy has just said in the last 90 seconds.
And Formula One is going to be the best ever this year.
They're going to be able to follow and everything else in between.
So look forward to that.
Tommy, what are your final thoughts as long as it's nothing to do with overtaking?
Final thoughts are, as we mentioned at the start of the show, grab your tickets
if you're in Australia because we can't wait for it.
And, well, it's going to be time before we know it.
It's already gone incredibly quickly.
I remember when we announced it was so so long away and here we are.
And you guys, if you guys bought your tickets in your thousands,
it's mental to see the support.
So thank you to each and every one of you that has bought a ticket.
They will be right up there with some of the best shows I think we've ever done
just because of how excited we will be there.
Not that we're not excited for other places.
I can see Twitter.
What are you? Are you not excited to be?
Very excited to go to Australia.
And that's it. So thank you, everybody.
We'll see you very soon for the next car launch.
Can't wait to not talk about car launches and we can just talk about racing.
But we still got a while to go, at least we get to do podcasts.
So that's a that's a positive.
So my final thought is overtaking to be great.
It will be a little less than that.
Ignore. Oh, God, that's enough.
Bye. Bye.
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