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Roberts: Huge respect for all Claire Williams did

Recently speaking about how it was 'deeply frustrating and upsetting' to scrap for money in the Williams' family's final years in charge, Simon Roberts says he has only 'respect' for what Claire Williams did for the team. Williams sold its family owned Formula 1 team to American investment company Dorilton Capital back in August last year, both Claire Williams and her father Frank stepping down from their roles a month later. It was a difficult decision but one that Williams, the deputy team boss, felt had to be made for the team to survive. “I was fed up with the team, and all the people in it, having to scrabble around not being able to do their job properly because we didn’t have...
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