Acting team principal Simon Roberts has insisted Williams’ new owners are in no huge rush to appoint a permanent figurehead.

Roberts, who was the Managing Director of Williams F1, took over masterminding operations on the pit wall when Claire Williams stood down after the Italian Grand Prix last month.

Claire had been deputy team principal to her father Sir Frank, but in August the team was sold to American investment company Dorilton Capital.

Before his appointment in June, Roberts had spent nearly 17 years at McLaren as operations director and chief operating officer with a short spell in between in the latter role for Force India.

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