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Claire Williams backing Lowe 100%

16:24, 12 Aug 2018

byBobby Vincent

Claire Williams has come out in full support for Williams' chief technical officer Paddy Lowe.

Williams' season has been an utter disaster so far and this has meant that Paddy Lowe has come under much scrutiny.

Claire Williams, team prinicipal, says that she is backing Lowe to lead them out of the current mess they are in.

Lowe put the blame on the shortcomings of their car to try and protect their inexperienced drivers in Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin.

"We haven't given them the equipment this year to fight for points, which is unfortunate but within that, they have stayed disciplined, committed and hardworking," Lowe told F1's official website.

"People have asked if that (inexperienced drivers) has been a problem to us. I'd say the car is our main problem. We don't assign any of that responsibility to the drivers."

Next year could prove to be even tougher for Williams, as Lawrence Stroll (investor) pulling out his investment to make business with Force India, who were saved out of administration by Stroll.

Claire Williams was speaking about the financial situation at her team.

"We're in fine shape financially," Williams said before Stroll took away his investment.

"Of course we'd always want the money. Engineers spend as much as you give them. But we're not about to go under, we're not in a fight for survival.

"We have a good budget. There are lots of losses financially for us next year, but we have other avenues. I've grown up in this sport, I've grown up with this team where we've been in much harder situations than this."