Williams-CEO: "Can't get less than zero points, it can only get better"

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13:02, 17 Jan 2021

With the purchase of Williams by Dorilton Capital, the F1 team are now looking to new beginnings. Jost Capito is targeting improvements and insists the only way is up.

Jost Capito, the team's new CEO, emphasizes that one should not expect miracles for 2021.

Restructuring at Williams

"With a new beginning and new owners, you have the opportunity to restructure," Capito said in the Alte Schule podcast. "That's important now, because you can't get less than zero points. So it can only get better.

"For this year, no miracles are to be expected yet, because we can't change much about the car. But because of the corona virus, it was difficult for all the teams to continue working.

"Without a development freeze, the gap for small teams would have become even bigger, because the big teams and factory teams can handle corona much better than smaller teams. Then the gap would have been even bigger, so we can't complain," Capito concluded.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Williams-CEO: "Can't get less than zero points, it can only get better"

Restructuring at Williams

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