Overview
- Williams announced the hire Thursday, placing Milner in charge of converting development work into performance on track.
- The team says his brief covers on-car and off-car performance with a focus on rapid delivery of upgrades that show up in lap time.
- Milner brings roughly two decades at Brackley that span Honda, Brawn’s 2009 title season, and 14 years at Mercedes, including senior roles in R&D, power unit–chassis integration, and transmission design.
- He begins after a reported three-month gardening leave, a common F1 cooling-off period that helps teams protect recent design know-how during staff moves.
- Williams frames the hire as part of its recovery plan for a 2026 car that drivers, including Carlos Sainz, have called overweight with too little downforce.