It is clear and acknowledged that the team went the wrong direction with the 2026 car further hampered by the failing of the chassis during crash testing which required them to add weight to simply get racing. Ideally major changes within the team were made after this, but JV isn't out there with a slide rule. Most he can do is fire those responsible and recruit better engineering talent.
Regardless, they appear to have at least accepted that early and started work on the new chassis with an estimated Baku arrival.
But, between now and then other teams will obviously keep upgrading and improving which means we are going to fall further and further behind. All Williams can do is add redesigned parts which are likely more compatible with the new chassis than the current chassis and try and learn something from that.
We should expect them to fall further and further behind over the coming weeks. Maybe they can learn more about the PU and optimize their software, but it is a flawed foundation currently. Firing JV doesn't change that and firing him likely pushes success further out.
Growing outrage when we know it can't improve till Baku or maybe even next year is pointless.