US founding father and 18th-century polymath Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying “out of adversity comes opportunity”, and it’s an adage that Williams are finding applies to their 2018 driver search.
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US founding father and 18th-century polymath Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying “out of adversity comes opportunity”, and it’s an adage that Williams are finding applies to their 2018 driver search.
It has been a tough year for Williams as it becomes increasingly clear that the promise of 2014-15, when they finished third in the constructors’ championship for two years running, was in large part due to the huge advantage the Mercedes engine had over its rivals early in the hybrid era, rather than because of any great leap forward in the Williams chassis-design department.
Williams were already aware of this last season, which is why they jumped at the chance to sign Paddy Lowe from Mercedes as chief technical officer last winter. Now Lowe is ensconced as a shareholder and board member, the team are questioning all aspects of their operation. They effectively wrote off development on this year’s car early on after bad breaks in the first few races meant they lost a lot of ground to Force India – and then it became clear the car’s performance meant they were unlikely to catch up.
Better, Williams felt, to focus on changes to car design for 2018, under Lowe and new chief aerodynamicist Dirk de Beer, than chase performance on a flawed design when fourth in the constructors’ standings was already out of reach. So with design of a re-imagined car well under way for 2018, focus shifted to the driver line-up and the realisation that they needed to do better than Felipe Massa as a partner for 18-year-old rookie, Lance Stroll.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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