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Williams desperately need new sponsors, that’s for sure. I’ll be sorry to see Martini go but you can see why they might not think that Williams represent a sound investment any more.
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What if Martini went to Force India? With this consortium headed by Lawrence Stroll, I would have thought Vijay Mallya is pretty much out of the equation, as clearly the various sponsors Mallya brought on board when he was in charge, weren't able finance Force India any more, hence the current situation.
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I just hope Williams find some performance after the summer break, as there future is looking quite uncertain at the moment
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Problem is quite possible to do a “Haas” for 2019 with Mercedes, meaning a lot of staff very worried and looking to anywhere, Enstone, Haas themselves, FI even McLaren etc.
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I haven't read or heard anything that says Martini are leaving motorsport, just Williams.
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It was said when the cessation was announced, though possibly to make Williams look a bit better.
But believed to have been in negotiation with Zak to switch to McL since then... |
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Martini would clash with Chandon sponsorship, surely? Or is the idea that Martini would offer a better deal (i.e. more money) than LVMH?
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Dunno but I think the head of the group is on the McLaren commercial board Zak set up.
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JV sticking the knife in by saying that is his opinion, Stroll should leave Williams now and move over to Force India after the summer break and with losing the Stroll funding and Martini, this is the final nail in the coffin for Williams, adding that 'no pay driver' would want to spend their money there...
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It is bad that Williams have fallen so far down and seem to have no get out plan for this.
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Does Motorsport.com have a tent outside JVs house to ask for an opinion every day? How exactly is he getting asked this much?
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If Villeneuve told me it was raining, I’d go outside to check the weather.
It seems to me that Williams’s best hope in the short term is a closer alignment with Mercedes, and hopefully some financial support from them. Ocon/Russell would be a cracking line-up, and buying in large amounts of Mercedes peripherals like gearbox and suspension makes sense. |
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Better that, for the moment, than propping up the back of the grid.
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Throwing a hat into the ring..What is all this JV hate? Loved some of his muscle moves on Schumi in the early years when the Williams had overdrive on tap...At least he has experience/results...Sorry..I like him then..now? Never hear of him, only on here...
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People hate that which is out of the ordinary.
And Jacques Villeneuve is anything but ordinary. |
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