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Whether the new Williams Formula 1 car can arrest the decline the famous team has gone through since its 2014 high is the subject of the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast.
With a bold new concept and more aggressive aerodynamics, the car is certainly eyecatching but Lawrence Barretto, Stuart Codling and Edd Straw explain why it’s still far from certain Williams can avoid a further slip down the order this season.
But there’s a strong argument that championship position is not the key objective for Williams, which is focusing on closing the pace gap to the front even if it means slipping behind emerging rivals such as McLaren and Renault.
There’s also a debate about the team’s driver line-up and the dreaded ‘pay driver’ tag attached by some to Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin.
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