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Williams prioritises development spending - Pat Symonds
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Development spending will once again precede locking up the services of a superstar driver for Williams, according to the team's technical director Pat Symonds. The Grove outfit's responsible and rigorous budget approach has ruled out contracting a big salary driver such as Fernando Alonso, a man Symonds knows well for having shared the Spaniard's world titles at Renault in 2005/06. "When I've said it in the past, I didn't meant we couldn't exploit what superstar drivers we have got, but they cost money," Symonds said to Autosport. "But at the moment, we are deficient in areas which I would prioritise over a superstar driver.So if Alonso came to drive...
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