Lawrence Stroll, the father of driver Lance, insists he had faith in Williams to turn around their disastrous start to the season and is not considering his son’s future elsewhere.
The billionaire fashion mogul is known to be a significant source of revenue for the British team that has seen a recent downward turn accelerate in 2018 with a car that signalled a change in philosophy from recent years but has since proven flawed.
Stroll Sr. has been seen to be actively following the efforts of Williams to find solutions and it is because of that the Canadian claims he is confident the team remains the right place for Lance.
“We’re not there yet,” he told Motorsport.com. “I believe in Williams, I believe in the team. Clearly they got it wrong so far.
“I do believe this is a rude awakening, and hopefully it will bring the best out of the people and they’ll fix it. I’m sure not as quick as we’d like, and not as quick as they’d like either but we’re not going anywhere else.”
One option some have touted is Williams forging a partnership with Mercedes akin to that Haas has with Ferrari, with the German manufacturer admitting they are interested in the idea.
Stroll has previously suggested he would not be willing to further invest to make that happen and now he has revealed he has no power to even put it forward.
“I’m not a board member, I don’t own one share of this team, I’m simply Lance’s father,” he said. “Whatever they can do to make the car go better, I’m in favour of, let’s put it that way.”
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Technical officer Paddy Lowe is the man tasked with turning around Williams’ season, which has consisted of just four points and means they sit bottom of the Constructors’ Championship.
Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco GP, the former Mercedes man explained what was currently being done behind the scenes.
“We’re very busy doing a lot of work to fix those issues. None of those fixes are in place unfortunately and we haven’t yet brought anything that solves those.
“We have put in place a programme with the team, which we call a recovery programme. That programme is timed up to the midseason point but I can’t guarantee anything,” he added.
