Alex Albon: Austin is a special place and somewhere that I always enjoy visiting. Not only is the food always good, but the city is great and the fans definitely bring the Texas energy.

It's the return of the Sprint format this weekend, so we'll need to get up to speed quickly with only one practice session. It is a challenging and fun track, and it looks to be very hot this weekend, but it is a track that offers overtaking opportunities and has a great flow to it so anything can happen.

Carlos Sainz: It's always great coming back to Austin, and with the Sprint format this year it's going to be a really exciting and action-packed weekend on track. We've had a strong few weeks as a team and are building some nice momentum, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there and hopefully scoring more points to keep hold of P5 in the Championship. As an American owned team, going back to home soil always brings a lot of energy to the weekend, so it will be a busy one but one of the best weekends of the season.

This weekend the team will race in a 2002-inspired throwback livery at this weekend's United States GP in celebration of the team's title partnership with Atlassian. The livery is a visual representation of how both Williams and Atlassian have survived and thrived in the face of relentless change since 2002 through harnessing the power of teamwork - and how both are determined to return the team to glory by pushing forward, together.

The one-off special design, unveiled by Carlos Sainz alongside Atlassian Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mike Cannon-Brookes and 2002 Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya, commemorates the year Atlassian was founded and showcases the shared histories and values of two teamwork powerhouses.

Williams is enjoying its best season since 2016, sitting fifth in the Constructors' Championship, as the team continues with its comeback plan.

This weekend's livery, unveiled at a special event at the Lone Star Ranch in Austin, was inspired by the striking blue and white colour scheme of the FW24 which battled the dominant Ferrari but ultimately finished 2nd in the 2002 title race.

At the hands of Juan Pablo Montoya it set what was then the fastest lap of any circuit in F1 history, setting pole position at Monza for the Italian GP with an average speed of 161.449mph (259.827km/h). It was also the only car other than Ferrari to win a race in 2002, driven to victory by Ralf Schumacher at the Malaysian GP.

"It is incredible to think about how much has changed in F1 since 2002," said Montoya, "but the key ingredients for success have remained the same: teamwork, innovation and a relentless determination to succeed.

"Williams has always stood for these values and it is clear that in Atlassian they have a partner that shares them. The throwback livery on the car looks amazing and is a great way to celebrate the partnership with Atlassian and the team's ambition to return to the top step of the podium."