“He was one of many biggest issues that we had at Williams. Whenever you go right into a negotiation with a workforce like Mercedes and so they’re not providing you what they need to be in your A-star driver, then why would you simply let him go? What sort of Workforce Principal would I’ve been if I might have simply let George go as a result of Mercedes stated, ‘we wish George now’. That is not the way it works, is it?
“[George] was clearly upset and it was actually troublesome. It was very onerous to face my floor as a result of if somebody involves me and so they’re upset, and it is due to me as a result of I am a blocker, it is actually onerous – however I needed to put my workforce first.
“As a lot as I’d have beloved to have made George’s desires come true, I could not on the time, and that was one of many hardest elements of being a Workforce Principal for me. And I at all times stated to George: you’ll be grateful for this at some point as a result of it can construct resilience in you, it can construct energy.”
The Williams workforce, began in 1977 by Claire Williams’ father Sir Frank Williams, can be bought to Dorilton Capital in 2020, the household’s involvement within the squad ending quickly after.
