Williams still against customer cars in F1

Despite the abandonment of Honda and the danger that other teams will decide to follow the example of the Japanese company, Williams remains against the idea of ​​customer cars in Formula 1. The British team is the only one that cannot count on official support of a manufacturer or a billionaire shareholder.

Financially the situation does not look rosy for the Grove team after the recent two-year loss of 88 million dollars and the expected move of Petrobras and Lenovo to other teams.

If the grid shrinks further, however, Williams will in any case remain opposed to the sale of chassis. "There is a proposal to put three cars on the track for each team and if we have eight teams with three cars then we will have 24 cars, four more than this year" said CEO Adam Parr, to The Guardian .

"Williams prefers to compete with manufacturers and take its chances rather than compete with customer teams," added Parr, explaining that in his opinion it is "very likely" that another manufacturer will leave before the start of the 2009 season. .

Helmut Marko, advisor to Red Bull, has denied the hypotheses of a possible exit from the scene of the Austrian team or Toro Rosso.