Originally Posted by
adrianw
Thinking about Williams situation, I moan and whinge about pay drivers, but surely this has to be a large contributory factor to their current situation, you need at least one driver (ideally two) who can give accurate, knowledgeable correct, constructive feedback and setup data to enable the team to develop a competitive car, If Williams hadn't gone for the cash over the last two seasons and had gone for drivers who were capable of giving them the feedback they needed to develop a competitive car they would be in a far better position. A good seat of the pants driver can tell what a car is doing, not necessarily why, this has little to do with the new rules as most of the cars on the grid are evolutions of last years car.
Australia isn't particularly representative, as is effectively a street circuit, Bahrain will give the true position of the cars, but still, all of the cars were on the same tarmac at the same time in Melbourne Both Williams and McLaren were very disappointing.