Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams is still giving her full backing to chief technical officer Paddy Lowe despite the team's depressed state of affairs. Williams' FW41 is the first car designed by Lowe following the engineer's transfer from Mercedes to the Grove-based outfit in the beginning of 2017. The 2018 Mercedes-powered car marked a change in concept from its Pat Symonds-designed predecessors, but the team's new development path has left it with a very weak car on its hands, and its driver at the tail end of the field. Lowe has been working hard to improve the FW41's performance, but the light at the end of the tunnel is dim. Still, the 56-year-old British engineer...
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