REPORT: Final weekend of the season underway

The last weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season is well underway, with a solid number of laps banked by all three Atlassian Williams Racing drivers on track today.

Luke Browning joined Carlos Sainz for FP1, as we completed our fourth rookie practice outing of the year.

The 23-year-old Briton is no stranger to F1 machinery now, and added to his mileage with 18 more tours of the Yas Marina Circuit across the opening hour – recording a 1:25.490 to place him P18.

Carlos, fresh from his podium last time out, was straight to work and completed 27 laps in FP1 – his 1:24.771 recorded on softs saw him in P9.

Alex was back alongside CS55 on track for FP2, and after a few laps to get back in the groove, he was quickly up to speed.

He’d notch 32 laps, with his best time 1:23.950 seeing him end the day in P15. Carlos meanwhile added another 31 laps to his daily tally, finishing FP2 in P13 after a 1:23.873.

As with many sessions in 2025, there was not much to split the field – half a second split P2 from P16.

Carlos Sainz: It was an extremely tight session today. I think we’re in the fight, but it looks like Haas and Sauber are leading the midfield at the moment. We were quite surprised with the high degradation during the long runs, so it’s something for us to look at. For tomorrow, we’ll try to take a step forward and fight our way into Q3. It will come down to whoever can put the lap together, so maximum focus.

Alex Albon: Honestly, it's not been a bad day but there's little fires everywhere. I only did the one session today, but the car feels reasonably good. Degradation is much higher than we all expected so I think that will make Sunday interesting as before the event it was a clear one stop, and now it's not. There's a lot of grip out there but the front is sliding, and you can see everyone grabbing their front tyre. Tomorrow I just want to have a smooth FP3 and then we'll see how it goes, but I do know it's very tight; I reckon half a second is the difference in pretty much the whole field right now. So, it's all fun and exciting.

Luke Browning: Overall, a really positive FP1 session and great to get more mileage in an F1 car. It’s always an added challenge switching between F1 and F2 on the same day, but I’m enjoying being out there on track and learning how the current F1 car works. Now my focus is back on F2 as we close out this season, before getting my final opportunity to drive the FW47 this year at the post-season test!