It will take Williams years to return to the top four places in the constructors’ world championship. “It’s about what I expected,” Vowles, 43, told France’s Auto Hebdo. Williams has been out of F1’s top four teams since 2015, but the last win dates all the way back to 2012 – and Jacques Villeneuve’s 1997 triumph was the most recent of 9 constructors’ and 7 drivers’ titles in total. “Over the past 15 years, the team has gone through tremendous hardships, financial and otherwise, and they have survived it all,” Vowles said. “But it was only survival, compared to other teams that had the financial means. A return to the top four for Williams, therefore, is a long-term goal according to Vowles.

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