Williams focusing long-term amid frustration of overweight car.

Oh poor us! Maybe we should buy some scales instead of using the ones at the grocery store.

Maybe we should let Andretti buy in so we can collect more entry fee income.

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emailBy Chris Medland | August 16, 2024 8:52 AM ET

Williams’ chief engineer Dave Robson says the team’s overweight car this year has led to frustration regarding missed results, but is not being allowed to overshadow long-term goals.

Under James Vowles’ leadership, Williams made significant changes to the way it manufactures its chassis over the winter but nearly didn’t have two cars ready for the start of the season, and the lack of a spare caught it out in Australia. Overall performance has also been impacted by the car being significantly above the weight limit, and ahead of a planned major upgrade after the summer break, Robson admits the overall progress being made as a team has still been paired with annoyance at what could have been this year.

Oh poor us! We don't have anyone back at the shop who can weld it back together. We don't have anyone who can design anything. It used to be that we would just cry about having to be up all night working on the car, so we were slower by race time. Our BS doesn't work any more.