Williams signs key leaders from McLaren, Mercedes, Alpine

Williams has announced it has hired key personnel from several rival Formula 1 teams, most importantly Piers Thynne from McLaren. Thynne has been a stalwart of the Woking-based outfit, which he joined in 2007 as a gearbox programme manager – thanks to the experience previously acquired at transmission specialist Xtrac – before gradually ascending the team’s hierarchy. Thynne eventually ...