Williams will skip straight to the FW50 designation for their 2027 challenger, marking half a century in Formula 1 and becoming only the third team after Ferrari and McLaren to reach the milestone. The Grove squad is rolling out celebrations anchored by 'W50 Live' — a multi-sensory London experience featuring title-winning machinery from the FW06 to Mansell's FW14B and the FW38 that still holds F1's speed record at 378kph.
The headline fan moment: voting rights on the Silverstone livery, a nod to the circuit where Williams scored their first win with Regazzoni in 1979 and their 100th with Villeneuve in 1997. Nine constructors' championships and 114 victories later, James Vowles is leaning into the team's scrappy, independent DNA as they chase a return to form. Williams has outlasted more than 100 rivals since Frank and Patrick Head started in a railway-arch garage. The question for 2027 is whether anniversary nostalgia translates to actual pace on track.
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