How a dark Williams chapter could yield a delayed bonus
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.
In May 2020 the venerable grand prix team announced it was parting ways with its recently arrived title sponsor ROKiT, an “innovative, rebellious and proud” (its words) group with interests in everything from telecommunications to e-bikes via beverages and – dread phrase – “content production and distribution”.
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