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Williams · #23 · Thailand

Alex Albon & James Urwin

Williams’ most experienced race engineer, now in his fifth season with Albon.

Since joining Williams, 2022[1][2]5 seasons

Alex Albon’s driver profile →

Results

Together

Since joining Williams, 2022. Grand Prix starts only.

Starts

108

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

1

Points

116

2026 season

Championship position and points include sprints.

Position

P19

Points

5

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Driver career

Since 2019, with every team and engineer.

Starts

146

Wins

0

Podiums

2

Poles

1

Titles

0

Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]

On the radio

Qatar Grand Prix, 2024 · After a late gamble on soft tyres faded.

UrwinOK, that's P15. That was a tough one at the end, but it was potential.

AlbonYeah, it was a nice try.

UrwinIt looks like we might have picked up some damage on the front wing after the contact with Magnussen. Just to add to some more issues. But nice job, nice job today.

Transcript as published[4]

Race engineer

James Urwin

British

Alex Albon's senior race engineer at Williams.[2][5]

Education

Automotive engineering, Loughborough University.[5]

Career

  1. 2000sMechanic in British Touring Cars and Formula Renault; Taurus Sports in British GT and the European Le Mans Series; Super Nova in GP2 and A1GP.[5][2]
  2. 2011GP2 race engineer at Caterham Racing.[5]
  3. 2014Joined Williams as a performance engineer.[1]
  4. 2017–21Race engineer to Lance Stroll (2017 Baku podium), then George Russell (2019–21).[6][5]
  5. 2022–Race engineer to Albon.[1][2]

Previously engineered

Lance Stroll, George Russell

Also

  • Reported to be moving to a factory-based role, which is why Albon had lined up Tom Hart as his next engineer.[7]

Performance engineer

Not publicly confirmed

Williams has not named this engineer, and no reliable outlet has reported who it is.

Engineering lead at Williams

Paul Williams

Chief trackside engineer[8]

Worth knowing

  • Urwin is reported to be moving to a factory role; the planned successor, Tom Hart, stayed at Red Bull instead.[7]

Sources

  1. Williams Racing: Who are Williams Racing's race engineers?
  2. Motorsport.com: Every race engineer in F1 2026
  3. Jolpica-F1: Ergast-compatible F1 results API
  4. Williams Racing: Radio Replay: Qatar GP chequered flag (2024)
  5. Wikipedia: James UrwinWikipedia
  6. RacingNews365: Meet the 2026 F1 race engineers
  7. Yahoo Sports: Albon hoped he could steal Verstappen's 'next race engineer'
  8. Wikipedia: Paul Williams (engineer)Wikipedia

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