Williams admits BMW regret

Friday 16th May 2008

Sir Frank Williams has acknowledged he regrets the breakdown of his team's relationship with one-time partners BMW.

Williams have been in the doldrums since their partnership with the manufaucturing giants was terminated three years ago. Since then, BMW have returned to the sport after buying the Sauber outfit and now seem close to breaking the dominantion of the sport by McLaren and Ferrari.

Asked if he 'regretted not being partners with BMW anymore?' in a Q&A for the F1 Racing Magazine, Williams replied: "Yes, I think so. They were very hard work when they were our partner, but they were a brilliant brand and they were very good with their engines.

"The relationship might have been better if we'd been able to communicate each other a little more softly."

Williams also admitted that the team had erred in its controversial axing of Damon Hill after the Englishman won the World Championship in 1996 in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. "It was a mistake," Williams owned up. "We thought we could find a better driver, but it was a mistake."

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