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Russell on difficult time at Williams: "Performance came in second place"

The Williams team has been a big name in Formula 1 for decades, and has several championships to its name. After Claire Williams took over the team from her father Frank Williams, things went downhill fast. The team was on the verge of financial ruin, and as a result it was sold. This in the hope that the name Williams will remain in the top of motorsport. According to George Russell, those worse years were not so much about performing, but about surviving. "2019 was an incredibly difficult season, and in 2020 we saw that because of the pandemic and the financial situation of the season it was going to be very difficult to develop and improve," Russell said in conversation with...
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