Williams in the News: Las Vegas Fan Zone attracts attention

The team at Grove have been working incredibly hard this week — preparing the cars for the season’s final furlong, after the damage we sustained during the heartbreaking weekend in Brazil.

With teamwork and resilience in full flow, attention now turns to getting back on track in Las Vegas, before the season concludes with trips to Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

The autumn break hasn’t stopped Williams Racing grabbing the headlines, however, so we’ve rounded up all the media coverage from the last few days…

The upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix will see Williams host our ninth Fan Zone of the season.

Next week’s event runs from Monday to Saturday at the iconic New York-New York Hotel & Casino, and follows a series of successful Fan Zones in Melbourne, Tokyo, Miami, Montreal, Barcelona, London, Singapore and Austin.

The final stop on our world tour was featured on the website of Las Vegas news channel KTNV — and we’ll have more information for you on the Williams website and app over the coming days.

Williams Racing were delighted to announce a groundbreaking new partnership with autonomous ride-hailing company Zoox this week.

The company’s logo will be appearing on our cars for races in the United States, starting with this month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix — and fans will be able to get up close to their purpose-built robotaxi at the aforementioned Las Vegas Fan Zone from Monday.

You can find out more about our latest partnership here.

The interest in Franco’s future shows no sign of abating, after his impressive start to life in F1.

Formula1.com correspondent Lawrence Barretto caught up with the 21-year-old to chat about his new-found fame in Argentina and what’s on the horizon for FC43.

“I’m not really thinking about my future and what is going to happen next year,” he said.

“I trust the people around me. It’s the job of my manager to get me the best seat possible and the best opportunity that is in our range.”

Franco later added: “If I’m not in F1 next year, I hope to be making enough impressions to show that I deserve a seat here in the future.

“That's my goal, to show everyone I deserve my seat in F1 and that I have to be here in the future.

“That’s been the goal since I started in F1 – and that’s what I’m trying to show race after race.”

Williams Racing development driver Jamie Chadwick enjoyed some electric car action last week — representing Jaguar TCS Racing in the first-ever Formula E Women’s Test.

It was a successful outing for the 26-year-old, who finished the session at Madrid’s Circuito del Jarama in P2.

The BBC reported on the event, including quotes from Jamie herself.“It's great for us all to have this opportunity at this level, world championship level,” she said.

“It's hard to get seat-time in a car like this as it is so it's a great opportunity, it's great for representation of women in the sport and very excited to get it under way.”

Motorsport Week published an exclusive interview with Luke Browning on Monday — and the Williams academy driver did not hide his ambitions for 2025 and beyond.

Discussing his step up to Formula 2 level, Luke said:

“Formula 2, you’ve got one year to do it, is the way that I look at it. You look at the second and third-year drivers that have won the championship and they’ve just not been given the opportunities.

“For me, the goal is to win it in the first year and I’ll be well prepared for it.“I’ll have the correct amount of testing. I’ve had three rounds prior before going into the start of the season.

“I’m in the best place I could be. And I’m lucky to be surrounded by people that are supporting me. So the goal at the moment is to learn as much off of [current F2 team] ART as I can.”