“The world can’t see the progress of Williams F1,” says Walls.

Williams Team principal James Vowles has said the “lots of positive things” that happened with his Formula 1 team in 2024 were hidden from the public eye.

The Grove-based team endured a difficult season last year, finishing ninth in the Constructors’ Championship with several significant crashes. Alex Albon, logan sergeant And Franco Colapinto Equally hurting the organization’s results and finances.

However, Walls is continuing the process of restructuring the team after joining Williams in early 2023. In an interview with Autosport, the Briton pointed to a number of recent high-profile appointments that he hopes will pay off in the future.

These include chief technology officer Pat Fry and design director Matt Harman alpineFrom Fabrice Moncade, Chief Engineer in Computing Sciences ferrariand Red Bull chief engineer Angelos Tsiaparas, who is currently focusing on the development of the upcoming FW48 while responding to new technical regulations for 2026.

“The main thing is: There are a lot of positive parts that the world can’t see,” Walls said.

“I can walk around the building and see the excellence that has race-winning pedigree now that is part of our team. I can see changes in what we are doing in infrastructure, culture, people, even the commercial sector – it’s just a different world.

“I’ve always said the Tour is 2023, ’24, ’25 – they’re just progress and track results don’t necessarily reflect the big changes going on behind the scenes.

“Do I think the ninth fully reflects what we have achieved? No, there are some great gains coming in technology and some great things are coming in the future. That’s what I’m focused on.

“Does it disappoint me that we are ninth? Yes, absolutely, because I still love to come to a race weekend and get everything out of there, and this year we haven’t done that.

“We’ve really been hurt by a fair amount of friction. We’ve been hurt by (our) own changing technologies, which created a car that wasn’t at the weight limit and we weren’t able to show the world what we do.” Can.

“And then you get the odd races where people might see, ‘Williams is able to get to almost third quarter the whole time’, but we’re not delivering that.

“There will always be disappointments, but it’s overwhelmed by the positive news behind the scenes. The world will only really see it through progress in 2025, ’26, ’27.”

Williams recorded 10 Q3 appearances last season – eight from Albon and two from Colapinto – but only six finished in the points. Still, there were several other missed opportunities on Saturday.

“I remember we were second in Brazil qualifying before Alex crashed,” Volks said. “We were up on a possible third quarter in Las Vegas with Franco before the accident happened. I hate to always bring it back to an accident, but this is the story of the year.

“We have to remember that the speed is there, but we are not able to perform well on it. And that’s a team. I never put any responsibility on any one person. This is what this team is fundamentally about – we’re not able to get it all done together. And this is the secret behind it.

“We need everything to move forward together. You need your reliability, your design, your performance, your drivers, your overall strategy, how it all comes together, to move forward at the right pace.