Williams Martini Racing have today announced the appointment of Dave Redding to the position of Team Manager. Dave will be responsible for the overall management of the operational and sporting aspects of the Williams racing team.
Stroll being good is the best hope for Williams future imo (even if it means becoming Stroll's team).bill shoe wrote:OK, for better or worse Bottas is gone and I'm now a Massa fan. And I'm rooting for Stroll to beat Massa because that's better than Stroll being slower than Massa, right?
My understanding is most F1 contracts contain clauses which prevent the employee from working for a competitor for a set amount of time after leaving their current employer, often referred to as gardening leave, unless the employer specifically waives this. This is to protect intellectual property rights and is quite understandable given the history in F1 of people taking technical info to other teams.LookBackTime wrote:https://twitter.com/ams_formula1/status ... 7061966853
From what I read (understood): no impediment for Lowe to come to Williams.
Looks like right now it is a negotiation dance between Lowe an Williams at the moment.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
If Paddy was going to RB or Ferrari then no amount of money on earth would persuade Mercedes to end his gardening leave early. But Williams F1, all respect to them, are not currently competing for world championships and are therefore no real competitior to Mercedes. In a perfectly rational world it should be possible for Williams and Mercedes to successfully negotiate Paddy's immediate availability.Peter1919 wrote: Form all reports it appears Paddy Lowe's contract with Mercedes contained such a clause and unless Williams managed to use the Bottas deal as leverage to get Merc to allow Lowe to join Williams early then he will have to wait before joining them
