What’s Happened To William Grand Prix

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Published: June 10, 2010

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What on earth has happened to the Williams Grand Prix team? The once proud organization used to hold a place amongst the Formula One front runners; one of the big four who dominated the sport for over two decades.

But not any more.

Now, they are reduced to also-rans, barely outpacing the new teams still in their F1 infancy. This year, the team has only scored points by virtue of the new system that awards points down to tenth place in keeping with F1’s new policy of rewarding mediocrity.

It’s a sad sight and the strain is starting to show. The Spanish Grand Prix saw the tensions come to the surface with Technical Director, Sam Michael, getting involved in a pit lane shouting and finger waving match with mechanic, Carl Gaden. This came hot on the heels of more disharmony during practice.

But, at least they finished that race. Things went from bad to worse in Monaco, with both cars crashing out in odd circumstances. Nico Hulkenberg crashed in the tunnel, apparently as a result of a front wing failure. Teammate Rubens Barrichello suffered a rear suspension failure after hitting a loose manhole cover.

On the upside, at least they got camera time and their sponsors name on the television. Probably not what the sponsors were looking for, though.

Most pundits believe that the blame for William’s demise can be laid squarely at the feet of Patrick Head. While he had an undoubted knack of identifying talent, his greatest success being the recruitment and development of Adrian Newey, his reluctance to know when to relinquish that control and identify a worthy successor has hurt the team.

While F1 is littered with Head mentored engineers—Newey and Ross Brawn being most prominent—none remained with the team.

It was that inability to see that the F1 world was passing him by that led to the loss of Adrian Newey to McLaren in 1996. Head’s part-ownership of Williams put him in...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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