Williams Racing is open to extending a technical collaboration with a manufacturer team in the future, but the British outfit has no desire to become a genuine B-team in Formula 1. Over the past four decades and up until last summer, Williams remained the sport's truly last independent team, run by its original founder/owner, Sir Frank Williams and his daughter, deputy team principal Claire Williams. Remarkably, the Grove-based outfit never succumbed to the temptation of becoming a satellite squad to one of the sport's manufacturers - for example with its engine supplier Mercedes, despite the competitive advantages such a partnership entailed. AlphaTauri benefits directly from its close...
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