How an F1 team can go off the rails
Williams's plunge to the back of the Formula 1 field in 2018 has been dramatic. PAT SYMONDS explains how things can go so badly awry with an F1 design, and why finding the way again mid-season is so difficult
One of the surprising aspects of this year has been the astonishing lack of performance from Williams and McLaren - and, at the beginning of the season, Force India.
People often wonder how, with the incredible array of technology available to the teams, performance drop-offs like this are possible. They're not just confined to the lesser-funded teams; in 2015 Red Bull produced a car that didn't begin to show the team's normal potential until mid-season.
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