Pat Symonds has suggested Williams are ready to hire a world-class driver and fight for the title after slowly building the team back up from a lower mid-table outfit.
The British team used to be one of F1’s best teams but several years in the wilderness left them struggling at the wrong end of the table.
But a return to form since 2014 has opened the door to a brighter future, and Symonds suggests a top driver could be on the way.
"In 2014, people were asking why don't you go and get Fernando Alonso and things like that and I said no, we weren't ready as a team and we weren't ready financially," Symonds told Autosport.
"As a team now, I would welcome any driver.
"We can produce the goods but we're not a big budget team.
"One of the skills of a team like ours is to allocate resource correctly whether it's human resource or financial resource and that includes the resource spent on drivers.
"So one would need a balance."
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Pat Symonds has suggested Williams are ready to hire a world-class driver and fight for the title after slowly building the team back up from a lower mid-table outfit.
The British team used to be one of F1’s best teams but several years in the wilderness left them struggling at the wrong end of the table.
But a return to form since 2014 has opened the door to a brighter future, and Symonds suggests a top driver could be on the way.
"In 2014, people were asking why don't you go and get Fernando Alonso and things like that and I said no, we weren't ready as a team and we weren't ready financially," Symonds told Autosport.
"As a team now, I would welcome any driver.
"We can produce the goods but we're not a big budget team.
"One of the skills of a team like ours is to allocate resource correctly whether it's human resource or financial resource and that includes the resource spent on drivers.
"So one would need a balance."
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