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    CAN THIS MAN MAKE WILLIAMS GREAT AGAIN?

    Jul 20, 2022 8 minutes

    IT NEARLY DIDN’T HAPPEN. JOST CAPITO was a step away from retirement when he agreed to join Williams Racing as CEO in February 2021, before subsequently taking on the team principal role and the membership of F1’s ‘Piranha Club’ that goes with it.

    Williams made clear progress last season, taking the chances that circumstances provided. After three dismal years at the bottom of the constructors’ table it climbed to eighth, ahead of Alfa Romeo and Haas.

    Both rivals have made quicker cars in 2022 and once again Williams has fallen to last place. The difference this time is that the FW44 is still good enough to have allowed Alex Albon to occasionally make the points, and now there is real hope and ambition in the camp.

    There’s little doubt that Capito has made a difference, helped by the long-term associates he has brought in to boost a team that had lost its way in the latter years of Williams family ownership.

    The 63-year-old exudes an energy and charisma that clearly inspires those around him. He has an extraordinary CV that includes stints working on road car and motor sport programmes at BMW, Porsche, Ford and VW, while spells with Sauber and McLaren gave him insight into the F1 world.

    All of that experience is what led Dorilton Ventures to headhunt him soon after they bought

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