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Williams' Baku Upgrade Raises Concerns
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In Short: Formula 1 team Williams has introduced a lighter chassis and minor aerodynamic changes for the upcoming Baku race, but experts are concerned about the direction of the upgrades.
Formula 1 team Williams has introduced a lighter chassis and minor aerodynamic changes for the upcoming Baku race, but experts are concerned about the direction of the upgrades.
Gary Anderson, a Formula 1 analyst, expressed worry about Williams' approach, stating, 'Williams has talked about a new and revolutionary way of building the chassis, but more than getting excited about that statement it worries me.
Williams has spent the 2026 Formula 1 season struggling, and the team is in a position where it needs to focus on the basics rather than reinventing the wheel, according to Anderson.
Meanwhile, in other sports news, NFL quarterback Caleb Williams suffered a hamstring injury during a game but is expected to be back within a week.
Williams' status for the upcoming Eagles-Bears game remains uncertain, but early reports suggest he has avoided a serious injury.
In reality TV, Porsha Williams shared her personal struggles with fibroids and a subsequent miscarriage, encouraging other women to advocate for themselves.
Williams underwent an emergency partial hysterectomy after discovering 21 uterine fibroids, one the size of a cantaloupe, during a fertility appointment.
What this adds
The specific aerodynamic changes made by Williams for the Baku race have not been detailed, leaving room for speculation.
What's confirmed
- Formula 1 team Williams has introduced a lighter chassis and minor aerodynamic changes for the upcoming Baku race, but experts are concerned about the direction of the upgrades.
- Gary Anderson, a Formula 1 analyst, expressed worry about Williams' approach, stating, 'Williams has talked about a new and revolutionary way of building the chassis, but more than getting excited about that statement it worries me.
- Williams has spent the 2026 Formula 1 season struggling, and the team is in a position where it needs to focus on the basics rather than reinventing the wheel, according to Anderson.
- Meanwhile, in other sports news, NFL quarterback Caleb Williams suffered a hamstring injury during a game but is expected to be back within a week.
- Williams' status for the upcoming Eagles-Bears game remains uncertain, but early reports suggest he has avoided a serious injury.
- In reality TV, Porsha Williams shared her personal struggles with fibroids and a subsequent miscarriage, encouraging other women to advocate for themselves.
- Williams underwent an emergency partial hysterectomy after discovering 21 uterine fibroids, one the size of a cantaloupe, during a fertility appointment.
What's still developing
- Having finally got a bit of momentum behind its 2026 campaign with points-scoring finishes in five of the last six races, Audi has revealed a hefty revamp of its R26 ahead of this week's Baku race.
- Gary Anderson gives his snap judgement on it Formula 1 drivers are braced for Baku to expose the requirement for more "super unnatural" driving of the 2026 cars One driver deal extended, another that looks set to be ending, and reaction to two big F1 2027 choices - here's what we learned on Wednesday in Baku Esteban Ocon is expected to leave the Haas F1 team at the end of the 2026 season Pierre Gasly has hit out at "disturbing" social media abuse and threats received by him and his family members, including his girlfriend Red Bull has officially retained Isack Hadjar as Max Verstappen's team-mate for the 2027 Formula 1 season The Race started in February 2020 as a digital-only motorsport channel.
- Williams is in a position where revolution is not what's needed, it just needs to do the basics well and efficiently and not keep trying to reinvent the wheel.
- We know the two new chassis are significantly lighter, which is not something we can see other than on the stopwatch, so what has Williams brought to Baku aerodynamically?
- Hayley Williams has spoken out about the death of her former husband, New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, who died Sunday.
- But Williams said she was ultimately compelled to put her voice forward to honor Gilbert’s impact on the music scene they shared.
- The marriage between Gilbert and Williams was a short one — they wed in 2016 and divorced the following year — and it did not appear to end altogether amicably.
- By Adam La Rose | at September 21, 2026 3:43 pm 3:43pm: Williams is unlikely to practice this week, Johnson said ( via Cronin ).
- Nevertheless, he has not yet officially been ruled out for Week 3. 12:53pm: Caleb Williams was carted off the field Sunday after suffering a hamstring injury.
- The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reported on Monday that a serious injury is indeed not the case for Williams and the Bears.
- He said ( via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin ) Williams is expected to be week-to-week at this point.
- While Pelissero’s report indicates Williams has not been ruled out for Week 3, Johnson said “some time” on the mend is likely in this case.