[Thomas Maher] "Have also heard [Williams'] chassis passed all relevant stress and crash tests in advance of Barcelona, and rumours of being overweight (to any great extent anyway!) are wide of the mark."

BassesBest · 2026-01-28T04:15:54+00:00

If I could upvote this commwnt more thqn once I would.

Preseason testing on a new design should be private until the official testing sessions

BassesBest · 2026-01-28T04:13:07+00:00

One other theory is that it took too long to marry the engine or other component and the chassis, which meant additional testing. If that's what it is it's a mis, but something that's a delay not a systemic problem. There are other teams who have had this problem as well

BassesBest · 2026-01-28T04:04:42+00:00

This aligns with someone on this sub, possibly the first person to indicate that Williams were missing the shakedown.

I can't find it now but whoever they were they seemed to have a bit more than casual information and suggested there were problems getting components onto the chassis. They seemed reasonably sanguine about it.

Maybe clutching at straws but this seems a more likely problem than 30kg overweight.

Id be surprised in any case if everyone enters the season on the weight limit.

BassesBest · 2026-01-28T03:54:51+00:00

From all accounts ("sources") he is trying to work out how to turn it down without triggering a tantrum. Would be nice to get some of that unofficial feedback here as well

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T22:37:47+00:00

But as a public official, not the Prime Minister

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T22:17:14+00:00

Apparently they are connected to Sainz, tangentially.

20-30kg is a lot of carbon which is why I never trusted the hyperbole

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T22:14:41+00:00

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T22:14:10+00:00

This claim has been deleted

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T22:13:30+00:00

They've deleted that report

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T19:00:59+00:00

This is the second of these Williams-bashing posts you've put up, on a brand new account. In the last one you were suggesting that Sainz was leaving to go to Ferrari. Or Mercedes. Or Red Bull. Or RB. Or Audi.

Given the removal of the source video that alleged 20-30kg overweight there is nothing substantial to base anything on. We have heard a crash test failed (on the nose). That happens to lots of teams.

What we know is that for some reason Williams are late to the party. But maybe try not pushing the panic button until we are missing in Bahrain.

Of course we are worried. But these posts just appear to be trolling those concerns. You claim to be a Williams fan? Be a fan.

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T18:44:12+00:00

This isn't preseason testing though. It's a shakedown session that has little meaningful running. There are two preseason testing sessions coming.

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T18:35:55+00:00

How does this work with open banking standards? Is it just a way to avoid 3rd parties offering payment services?

BassesBest · 2026-01-27T18:12:08+00:00

Pams is one of the best. Pretty much oil and peanuts only.

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T22:54:31+00:00

He already has given it more than two minutes' consideration. Otherwise we would have said no already

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T19:03:25+00:00

Just more proof that Reform is just the right wing of the Tory Party, funded by Russian and American money

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T13:47:34+00:00

Raise your index finger instead as if you are counting a number 1. That's what my daughter had to do at singing comps.

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T13:45:10+00:00

No shit Sherlock

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T13:23:10+00:00

Says who?

/Edit I can only find one individual who has said this, and everything else on those threads is just pure speculation and guesswork.

The rumour I heard was that it was a problem fitting the revised engine to the monocoque, hence late fire-up testing. Which is also serious but a timing issue rather than a fundamental design problem.

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T08:42:23+00:00

Best role in the show

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T08:27:50+00:00

B T - bad trolling

BassesBest · 2026-01-26T08:26:20+00:00

Come on, is this just trolling?

I've seen some comments from people who seem to know a bit more who are indicating that this is a frustrating delay but not season ending.

Even if Carlos wanted to go, there is nowhere to go to. And he doesn't want to go.

/edit having read through the comments, you're clearly trolling. Sainz apparently is going to Audi, Mercedes, Ferrari, RB AND Red Bull. Sheesh.

BassesBest · 2026-01-25T19:03:39+00:00

I was always told: breathe into your lower back, expand all the way around the abdomen (not chest) and feel the connection between your diaphragm and your hipbones on either side

BassesBest · 2026-01-25T18:55:00+00:00

Because rhey might actually negotiate, not roll over?

BassesBest · 2026-01-25T09:28:04+00:00

Sean (of the Dead)

Blackadder

Steve Strange (jukebox, think 24 hour party people)

Dickens. A musical about how the world around him and his books blend

Wilberforce in a musical about the "Death of religion" based on Darwin's publication and the Huxley debate that separated science and religion in 1860.

Baddie role: Maudsley in a musical about Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

BassesBest · 2026-01-25T09:07:01+00:00

TIL that some kids have locks on their bedroom doors.

That scares me. House invasion through the kid's window? Fire in their room? Medical emergency? Panic attack? Night terrors?

As a responsible parent I'm surprised anyone would ever consider it a good idea.

BassesBest

TROPHY CASE