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Brawn car 'absurdly superior' - Williams

Sir Frank Williams believes that the new Brawn GP team may find themselves with a huge advantage at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend. The Ex-Honda outfit underwent a management buyout earlier this month as it took the name of Team Principal Ross Brawn, who started his F1 career with Williams in 1978.

Sir Frank Williams

"Ross started to work for us as a junior in the little wind tunnel; he just made his own career and pulled himself up by his bootstraps, and now has great knowledge from his time at Ferrari," Williams told The Daily Express. "It is no accident that their new car is absurdly superior - they are making the rest of us look like amateurs. In Australia they will disappear on the basis of what we have seen in testing. I just hope we can be up there, too."

Sir Frank's positive words for the Brawn team are in stark contrast to those used to describe his own team's progress since its last World Championship victory; holders of nine Constructors' titles, the team has not celebrated major success since 1997. "It is embarrassing," Williams admitted. "We have not done well but there is no point in moaning and groaning, we just keep it to ourselves and try to do better. But we are very good, loyal, honest citizens of Formula One and a good racing team who deserve to be there."

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