William tech chief Paddy Lowe says the team is taking a continuous improvement approach towards their car development, instead of a more radical method.
Lowe quit Mercedes at the start of the 2017 season to join the British team as its technical director and a shareholder.
Over the past twelve months, the British racing engineer introduced several key changes to the operations as a part of an evolutionary journey to gradually improve the car’s performance.
Speaking with RACER, Lowe said: “I think the important thing [to focus on] is the project itself, so the car for 2018, but in amongst that there’s developing the organization itself and developing the capability of that organization,”
“So what investments are we making in machinery or software or technology of all sorts? Making sure we’re using the budget in the best way in terms of distribution. Do we have enough effort in the right areas? These are all things that I’m working on in parallel with the project itself, which is the car.
“There’s nothing radical to be done, it’s not my style to go in and create revolution because I’ve not found that necessary or seen it effective.
“What we’ve got is actually a good team, it’s about making it better and that’s about evolving in the right directions, building what needs to be strengthened with the focus and the priority on the things that matter.
“There’s nothing particular to highlight in that way, or if there were I probably wouldn’t describe them!”
Since William’s budget is far below that of the bigger teams like Mercedes or Ferrari, it is important to exploit their existing resources and capacities to the maximum extent possible.
“Yeah, you do more often bump up against resource constraints in a small team than you do in a big team.
“So you can write a long list of all the things that are worth doing and then you have to go and look at what are the ones that you actually have the capacity to deliver.
“But even there there’s judgment needed and that’s part of the competition – making the right judgments about what things are worth doing and what things you leave for another day.”
