Alex Jacques fällt vernichtendes Urteil über den Saisonstart von Williams 2026

Formel-1-Kommentator Alex Jacques verglich den schwachen Start von Williams in die Saison 2026 damit, zwei Jahre lang einen besonderen Familienurlaub anzukündigen, um dann den Flug zu verpassen. Nach drei Rennwochenenden liegt das Team mit zwei Punkten auf dem neunten Platz der Konstrukteurswertung. Die Erwartungen waren nach den Updates von James Vowles während des Jahres 2025 hoch gewesen.

Williams ging optimistisch in die Saison 2026, da Teamchef James Vowles Einblicke in die auf das neue Reglement ausgerichteten Vorbereitungen gewährt hatte. Das Team aus Grove verpasste jedoch die privaten Testfahrten in Barcelona und reiste mit einem Nachteil zu den offiziellen Vorsaisontests nach Bahrain. Jacques beschrieb die Situation in einem Debrief-Video zum Saisonstart der Formel 1 als ernüchternd, lobte jedoch Vowles' Eloquenz bei der Erklärung der internen Prozesse. Er sagte: 'Es ist, als würde man zwei Jahre lang von einem ganz besonderen Familienurlaub schwärmen und dann den Flug verpassen. Wie kann man das zwei Jahre lang so hochloben?'

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