How a dark Williams chapter could yield a delayed bonus
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Can’t pay or won’t pay? STUART CODLING digs into how Williams’ new owners got their teeth into the sponsor which caused the team to go up for sale in the first place…

One of the most tawdry and unedifying affairs in late-period Formula 1 may be approaching settlement. No, not the FIA race director deciding on an extemporaneous interpretation of the rulebook in Abu Dhabi – that matter is still 
very much live – but the mysterious case of the missing Williams sponsor.

PLUS: What the FIA must do to restore F1’s credibility

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