Williams co-founder Patrick Head has returned to the Formula 1 team as a consultant, in an effort to put the brakes on an escalating crisis, after they started the season with an uncompetitive car that even their own drivers say is fundamentally flawed. The 72-year-old Briton, who founded the team with Frank Williams in 1976 and oversaw a string of title-winning cars in the 1980s and 90s, stepped away in 2011 but retains a nine percent shareholding. Williams finished last overall in 2018 and technical head Paddy Lowe, the man who had ultimate responsibility for this year's car, left on a ‘leave of absence' before the season started. The British team said in a statement at the Bahrain...
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