Williams
F1 Team Value & Salaries
Williams Racing Net Worth and Revenue
PlanetF1 valued Williams at $2.7bn in August 2026, and Forbes had it at $2.5bn a year earlier. The team’s own books look very different. Net assets were £98.6m ($131m) at the end of 2025, but that’s a book value, not a price a buyer would pay.
Those accounts, reported by the Oxford Mail, show revenue rising to £244m ($323m) from £179.8m ($238m) and the net loss narrowing to £25.1m ($33.3m) from £49.8m ($66m). BlackBook Motorsport had already put losses since 2020 at £211m ($280m). Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon are paid $25m in base salary this year.
Puts Williams at $2.7bn in its August 2026 grid valuation, the team value shown on this page.
Forbes values Williams at $2.5bn for 2025 and models $245m of F1 revenue with a $36m operating loss in 2024.
Sportico's 2025 article values Williams at $2.14bn and explains why its older mislabeled Williams rows aren't used here.
Reports FY2025 accounts with £244m revenue, a £25.1m net loss, 1,151 staff and £98.6m net assets, and the move of trade to a new LLP.
Reports the Williams FY2024 accounts in pounds and puts the team's losses since 2020 at £211m.
Explains the $215m team cost cap for 2026 and what it leaves out, so it isn't a full team budget.
Driver pay takes 7.7% of Williams's revenue, and the team spent $33.3m more than it brought in.
Revenue and profit are from the latest filed accounts. Driver pay is the 2026 base salary of both race drivers.
Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon's Williams Salaries
Alex Albon
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz’s salary is $13m in the final year of the two-year, $23m contract he signed in July 2024. Williams has already extended him through 2028 with a two-year, $68.4m deal, which more than doubles his yearly pay.
Alex Albon’s salary is $12m this season, part of a $20m deal from May 2024 that covers 2025 and 2026. His extension covers 2027 only at the same $12m, so the gap between the two Williams driver salaries is about to widen sharply.
Projected years come from signed deals, using reported figures where they exist and estimates where they don't. TBC means that seat isn't signed yet.
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What Do Williams Staff and Mechanics Earn?
Team principal James Vowles runs a Grove workforce that grew to 1,151 people in 2025, with Pat Fry as chief technical officer and Sven Smeets as sporting director. The industry benchmark for a race mechanic is about $75k.
Staff Pay Estimates
8 Staff Members
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Principal | £2m-5m($2.7m-6.6m) | £2.2m-6.5m($2.9m-8.6m) | |
| 2 | Technical Director Engineering | £500k-2m($663k-2.7m) | £550k-2.6m($729k-3.4m) | |
| 3 | Chief Technical Officer | £500k-2m($663k-2.7m) | £550k-2.6m($729k-3.4m) | |
| 4 | Chief Operations Director | £300k-1m($398k-1.3m) | £330k-1.3m($437k-1.7m) | |
| 5 | Sporting Director | £200k-450k($265k-596k) | £220k-585k($292k-775k) | |
| 6 | Chief Trackside Engineer | £180k-350k($239k-464k) | £198k-455k($262k-603k) | |
| 7 | Race Engineer to Carlos Sainz | £100k-180k($133k-239k) | £110k-234k($146k-310k) | |
| 8 | Race Engineer to Alex Albon | £100k-180k($133k-239k) | £110k-234k($146k-310k) |
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Pts
Salary
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
25
$70m
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
18
$34m
3
Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
$3.4m
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
12
$30m
5
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
10
$13m
6
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Who Owns Williams F1, and Does Mercedes Have a Stake?
Dorilton Capital, a private investment firm, has owned Williams since August 2020, when it bought the team from the Williams family in a deal The Race puts at around $200m. Dorilton holds it through investment and holding companies, which is why UK filings don’t list one person with significant control.
Mercedes doesn’t own any part of the team. It supplies the power units under a deal renewed in January 2024 for the 2026 rules cycle, which runs through 2030. Atlassian is the title partner rather than a shareholder, and Toto Wolff, who held Williams shares before joining Mercedes in 2013, has no stake today.
Confirms Dorilton's control of Williams through investment and holding companies and the end of Williams family ownership.
Dorilton chairman Matthew Savage on the roughly $200m takeover in 2020 and the investment that followed it.
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9th in 2026
Official 2026 profile for the full team name, Grove base, FW48 chassis, Mercedes power unit and this season's results.
The January 2024 announcement renewing Mercedes power unit supply for the rules cycle that runs through 2030.
Kym Illman's paddock video behind the $75k mechanic, $100k number one mechanic and $135k race engineer benchmarks.
Calum Nicholas on typical technician pay of about £60k and why pit crew work doesn't come with extra pay.
Formula1.com's season by season history of Williams, used to date the eras in the history section.
Williams' results from 1978 to 2025, the base for the ledger and the totals once 1975 and 1976 are removed.
The team's own profile of its founder, confirming the 1977 start and nine constructors' championships.
Williams Results Across 49 Seasons as a Constructor
Williams won nine constructors’ titles and seven drivers’ championships between 1980 and 1997, and it has 114 Grand Prix wins and 128 poles. Formula1.com lists eight constructors’ titles, though its own year list shows nine. The last of those wins came from Pastor Maldonado in Spain in 2012.
The totals start with the first Williams chassis in 1978, so the 1977 season in a March isn’t counted. Fifth in 2025 with 137 points and two podiums was a leap from ninth in 2024, and this season it’s ninth again on 12 points.
Williams Season by Season
49 Seasons
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| 1 | 2026Williams | Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9th |
| 2 | 2025Williams | Williams | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 5th |
| 3 | 2024Williams | Williams | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9th |
| 4 | 2023Williams | Williams | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7th |
| 5 | 2022Williams | Williams | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10th |
| 6 | 2021Williams | Williams | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8th |
| 7 | 2020Williams | Williams | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th |
| 8 | 2019Williams | Williams | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10th |
| 9 | 2018Williams | Williams | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10th |
| 10 | 2017Williams | Williams | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5th |
| 11 | 2016Williams | Williams | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 5th |
| 12 | 2015Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 3rd |
| 13 | 2014Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 320 | 3rd |
| 14 | 2013Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9th |
| 15 | 2012Williams | Williams | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 8th |
| 16 | 2011Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9th |
| 17 | 2010Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 6th |
| 18 | 2009Williams | Williams | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.5 | 7th |
| 19 | 2008Williams | Williams | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8th |
| 20 | 2007Williams | Williams | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4th |
| 21 | 2006Williams | Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8th |
| 22 | 2005Williams | Williams | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 5th |
| 23 | 2004Williams | Williams | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 4th |
| 24 | 2003Williams | Williams | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 144 | 2nd |
| 25 | 2002Williams | Williams | 17 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 2nd |
| 26 | 2001Williams | Williams | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 80 | 3rd |
| 27 | 2000Williams | Williams | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3rd |
| 28 | 1999Williams | Williams | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5th |
| 29 | 1998Williams | Williams | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3rd |
| 30 | 1997Williams | Williams | 17 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 123 | 1st |
| 31 | 1996Williams | Williams | 16 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 175 | 1st |
| 32 | 1995Williams | Williams | 17 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 112 | 2nd |
| 33 | 1994Williams | Williams | 16 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 118 | 1st |
| 34 | 1993Williams | Williams | 16 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 168 | 1st |
| 35 | 1992Williams | Williams | 16 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 164 | 1st |
| 36 | 1991Williams | Williams | 16 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 125 | 2nd |
| 37 | 1990Williams | Williams | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 4th |
| 38 | 1989Williams | Williams | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 2nd |
| 39 | 1988Williams | Williams | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7th |
| 40 | 1987Williams | Williams | 16 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 137 | 1st |
| 41 | 1986Williams | Williams | 16 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 141 | 1st |
| 42 | 1985Williams | Williams | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 3rd |
| 43 | 1984Williams | Williams | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 6th |
| 44 | 1983Williams | Williams | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4th |
| 45 | 1982Williams | Williams | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4th |
| 46 | 1981Williams | Williams | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 95 | 1st |
| 47 | 1980Williams | Williams | 14 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 120 | 1st |
| 48 | 1979Williams | Williams | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 2nd |
| 49 | 1978Williams | Williams | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9th |
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The Williams Story Since Frank Williams and Patrick Head
Frank Williams and Patrick Head founded the team in 1977, and it still races under the Williams name even though the family sold it in 2020.
Frank Williams and Patrick Head
The new team ran a customer March chassis in 1977 before Patrick Head designed its own car for 1978. It was a fresh start after Frank Williams’ earlier team, which became Wolf. Clay Regazzoni won the 1979 British Grand Prix for the first victory, and Williams ended that year second.
The First Championships
Alan Jones won the 1980 drivers’ title as Williams took the constructors’ championship, and the team kept that crown in 1981. Keke Rosberg became world champion in 1982 with a single win, but Williams slipped to fourth in the constructors’ standings that season.
The Honda Years
Williams switched to Honda engines late in 1983, and the partnership peaked with constructors’ titles in 1986 and 1987 and nine wins in each of those seasons. Nelson Piquet took the 1987 drivers’ crown. Frank Williams was paralyzed in a road accident in 1986 but kept running the team.
Renault and Five More Titles
Renault engines arrived in 1989 and carried Williams to constructors’ titles in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997. Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve all won drivers’ titles. Ayrton Senna was killed at Imola in 1994 driving for the team, and 1997 remains its last title year.
The BMW Works Deal
Williams went two seasons without a win before BMW arrived as works engine partner in 2000. Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher made the car a regular winner, and the team was runner-up in 2002 and 2003, with four wins in 2003. BMW left after 2005 to run Sauber.
Customer Engines and One Win
Back to buying engines, Williams used Cosworth, Toyota, and Renault power and scored only five points in both 2011 and 2013. Pastor Maldonado’s victory in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix broke the pattern for one afternoon, and it’s still the most recent Williams win.
Mercedes Lift and a Hard Fall
Mercedes power took Williams to third in 2014 and 2015, with 320 points in the first of those years. The slide that followed ended in three straight last places from 2018 to 2020, the final one without a point. Dorilton Capital bought the team in August 2020, ending family ownership.
Dorilton's Rebuild
Williams was eighth in 2021 and seventh in 2023, the year James Vowles arrived from Mercedes as team principal. A jump from ninth in 2024 to fifth in 2025 brought 137 points and two podiums, and the workforce reached 1,151 people. This year it has 12 points and sits ninth.
Williams Racing FAQs
Dorilton Capital owns Williams F1. The private investment firm bought the team from the Williams family in August 2020 and holds it through investment and holding companies, so UK filings don’t show a single person in control. Mercedes supplies the engines and Atlassian sponsors the team, but neither owns a share.
Mercedes doesn’t own Williams F1 or any stake in it. Williams is a Mercedes engine customer, with a supply deal renewed in January 2024 that covers the 2026 rules cycle through 2030. James Vowles also joined as team principal from Mercedes in 2023, but that’s a hiring link, not an ownership one.
Williams carries a $2.7bn valuation from PlanetF1’s August 2026 rankings. Forbes had the team at $2.5bn in 2025 and Sportico at $2.14bn, and Dorilton chairman Matthew Savage talked about a value near $2.5bn when The Race interviewed him in July. None of these figures is Dorilton Capital’s own net worth.
The Race reports that Dorilton Capital paid around $200m for Williams in August 2020. That’s the value of the whole takeover from the Williams family, not money Claire Williams received personally. She was deputy team principal at the time and stepped away once the sale was done.
Toto Wolff doesn’t own any part of Williams. He bought into the team in 2009 and was a director there before joining Mercedes in 2013, and Dorilton Capital has owned Williams since 2020. Wolff’s shareholding today is in the Mercedes team, which only supplies Williams with engines.
There’s no published Williams budget, but the 2025 accounts show £244m ($323m) of revenue and a £25.1m ($33.3m) net loss. F1’s $215m cost cap for 2026 limits spending on the car, and because driver salaries sit outside it, the cap isn’t the team’s full budget.
Williams doesn’t publish mechanic pay, but industry benchmarks put a race mechanic at around $75k and a number one mechanic nearer $100k. Former Red Bull mechanic Calum Nicholas puts typical technician pay closer to £60k ($79.5k). Pit stop duties don’t earn a separate salary, since pit crew members are mechanics first.