Source: Williams F1 Media
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Lowe: Drivers not to blame
- Jake Williams-Smith
Williams is the only team yet to score a point in 2018 and with rumoured unrest behind-the-scenes centred around the decision to put two inexperienced drivers behind the wheel, Williams need to fix things and it needs to be quick.
Williams technical director Paddy Lowe has dismissed the notion that their inexperienced driver pairing of Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin are to blame for the team's lack of pace and performance in 2018.
"Our current drivers are quite inexperienced, but we are happy with their work and they're not giving us any problems in terms of professionalism.
"And we cannot allow anything to detract from the fact that we were not able to build a good enough car.
"I can't give a timeframe, but we are going to make significant progress in this first half of the season."
Williams is still the only team yet to score a point in the constructors' standings so far this season and there are no signs of a turnaround soon from the team based in Grove.
Lance Stroll could only manage 14th, one place higher than teammate Sirotkin in 15th despite the track being power dependent. Despite the Mercedes power unit in the back, Williams was off the pace yet again and need answers quickly.