 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Williams akarasikirwa nemazuva maviri nehafu ekutanga ekuedzwa kwepamberi pemwaka muBarcelona nekuda kwekuti FW42 yakanga isati yagadzirira, chikwata chega chekutambura kukundikana kwakadaro. Williams yakatanga mwaka isingasvikiki kubva pakukwikwidzana. Mukati mokusarudza pamutambo wokutanga wemwaka muAustralia, nguva yavo yakakurumidza yakanga yava pedyo nemasekonzi 1,3 zvishoma pane yomukwikwidzi ari pedyo. Munhangemutange yacho, Russell naKubica vakapedza nhangemutange yacho vari shure kweanotungamirira nokumhanya kwakatenderera kaviri uye katatu. Mugumisiro wakanakisisa wechikwata mumwaka uyu wakauya kuGermany, uko Kubica akaiswa pachigaro chegumi, mapoinzi chete echikwata apedza mwaka iwoyo. Zvisinei, mugumisiro uyu wakauya bedzi pashure pezvirango zvapashure pomutambo zvavamwe vatyairi. Kuvandudzwa kwakauya mumwaka umo FW42 yakatanga kubata vakwikwidzi vayo; Russell akauya mukati me0.1 masekondi ekusvika Q2 mukukodzera kweiyo uye akapedza padhuze nemapoinzi ne12th muBrazil. Zvisinei, motokari mbiri dzaizobviswa muQ1 pamakwikwi ose emwaka. Pasinei nekushaikwa kwekushanda kwechikwata ichi zvichienzaniswa ne2014 2017, zvakasimbiswa kuti Williams yakawedzera kubatana kwavo neMercedes kusvika muna 2025. 