As further proof of his ambition to never ever win a race ever again, Sir Frank Williams has revealed that his team will switch to Cosworth V8 power in the 2010 season, after ditching their similarly naff Toyota contract.
Williams were hotly tipped to switch to the spec engine supply, which is set to be used by all four of the new teams on the grid in 2010 as well. Although the team was believed to want a switch to a Renault customer supply, talks over a deal with the French team ended recently.
And Sir Frank has revealed that Cosworth will be the way that the team goes in 2010, in an interview with Gulf News over in Abu Dhabi.
"We've finished our contract with Toyota and we've moved on to a British engine manufacturer Cosworth with whom we have won many world championships in the past," Williams smiled in the interview.
"They are 50 miles away from Williams which is very convenient. Besides we also like our independence. We will be not under the influence, not that Toyota ever bossed around, but we've just gone a private and independent route."
Williams added that: "Our performance needs to improve. We staggered in the second half of the 2009 season. It's fundamental that the car is not fast enough, but from what I've seen we should have been a little more competitive."
Sir Frank also confirmed that Williams will reveal their driver line-up for 2010 on Monday, afterthe season finale in Abu Dhabi.
With Kazuki Nakajima set to leave the team (and probably the sport as well) after the termination of the Toyota deal, and Nico Rosbrg yesterday announcing that he will be moving to a new team in 2010, Williams are expected to run GP2 Series champion Nico Hulkenburg and current Brawn GP man Rubens Barrichello in their Williams-Cosworths in 2010.
"We will announce our drivers for next season on Monday," Williams coyly suggested, going on to add a sentence that doesn't really make sense, "[Rosberg] will be leaving and we just thought it was quite a long time.
"There are a few things going on at Williams for next season, with our engines, so we thought we can do better. Nico is German and Mercedes need at least one German driver to sit before their engine."
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