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Williams team boss Capito postponed retirement: 'Williams is a necessity'

Earlier today it was announced that Simon Roberts, Williams team boss, is stepping down. Jost Capito, former McLaren team boss, has over 40 years of motorsport experience and is the new team boss. He already joined Williams in February. The iconic Williams team finished the last three seasons in tenth place. In short: change is needed. In the analysis by Lawrence Barretto for F1 you can read what kind of changes Capito wants to make. Necessity is the reason he postponed retirement and took on the project. At the top of his list is technical overhaul. "It quickly became clear that there was a major problem with the technical structure, with the track and plant engineering not aligned....
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