James Vowles, the head of Williams Racing, said he must take responsibility for the team’s lack of a spare chassis. That is why only Alex Albon went to the start of the Australian Grand Prix, but in Logan Sargent’s car.
Albon crashed his FW46 during the first practice session in Melbourne, so badly that the chassis was damaged and the team had to choose which driver would remain on track for the rest of the weekend. Vowles bet on Albon, who eventually finished in 11th place, which also meant he didn’t earn any points.
“The responsibility lies solely with me and with no one else,” Vowles admitted on American radio station SiriusXM. – We, on the basis of the team, have made very important technological reforms, changing the approach to chassis development and production, conducting aerodynamic research, modernizing the car…
All these processes have become more complex and since this involves the production of not one car, but three, you can imagine that the team was working at the limits of its capabilities. At the beginning of the year we openly and honestly admitted that all of this meant we were very late in getting the car ready for the season, and one of the consequences was that we didn’t have time to produce the extra chassis.
But you can only move forward if you are willing to take big risks, and we decided to take risks. However, you are playing with fire and this is exactly the situation we find ourselves in.”
But the most important thing is that Williams will bring not only two cars to Suzuka, but even a number of technical innovations, and we have already quoted the words of Vowles, who promised this to the fans of the team.
Source: F1 News
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