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Lowe: Rookies struggle to exploit full car potential
Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has admitted that there is a downside to the team relying on rookie drivers. Lance Stroll made his Formula 1 début with the team in 2017 and took several races to get up to speed. Until he could prove his ability, the Canadian came under heavy criticism as a 'pay driver'. Lowe admitted that the inexperienced Stroll hadn't been in a position to fully exploit the potential of the FW40. "Some of it was down to error here and there," Lowe told RACER magazine. "Operational issues, some of which was reliability which was not as good as we'd like. "Some of it is the driver not being able to exploit the car that is available....
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