If as team principal James Vowles suggests the FW45 is no longer a "one-trick pony" and can be a points challenger at tracks that are not dominated by long straights, then it's certainly a strong possibility.
Williams currently has 21 points, ahead of Haas on 11, Alfa Romeo on 10, and AlphaTauri on three.
A random wet race or an event of high attrition could change things around, but at the moment the Grove team is in a strong position, even with Alex Albon doing all the heavy lifting, and Logan Sargeant failing to score so far.
Significantly, the team has made good use of the high-speed tracks that were always supposed to favour the car, with Albon earning solid sevenths in Montreal and Monza, plus an eighth at Silverstone, and 10th in the season opener in Bahrain.
However, it was Albon's eighth place at Zandvoort that signalled that the car could potentially be a threat for points at any venue.
He was quick from the start of the weekend, taking fifth, third and sixth places in the three practice sessions, and then fourth in qualifying.
If anything, the race was a disappointment for the team.
A wrong call was made to stay out on slicks in the initial rain, which Albon negated to some degree with a long opening stint. He was poised for sixth when he was called in a lap late for inters when it rained again at the end. Nevertheless, eighth place was a decent outcome.
Source: Autosport