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F1: Williams Won’t Take Action Against “Customer” Cars
Written by: Kevin Krefting   
London, UK
 


Although Wurz (above) and Rosberg were outqualified by the Aguris in Melbourne, Williams is not expected to join Spyker's protest. (LAT Photo) ยป More Photos

The Williams team will not take legal action against the "customer" Formula 1 teams, autosport.com reported today.

The British squad had long been linked to the protest versus Super Aguri and Toro Rosso's decision to use cars developed by their "parent" squads, respectively Honda and Red Bull. But even though Williams' partner in the vocal condemnation of the procedure, Spyker F1, did file action against those outfits – and Red Bull, which effectively runs the same '07-spec car as Toro Rosso (Aguri's entry is a version of last year's Honda) –, the nine-time constructor's champions decided not to
follow.

Formula 1's current Concorde Agreement, which expires by this year's end, states that teams must design and build their own cars. Red Bull/Toro Rosso and Aguri believe they have found a loophole by having their machines created by a third party – a new company called Red Bull Technology, in the case of RBR/STR, and Honda R&D in Japan, not Honda Racing, in Aguri's stance.

Spyker filed its protest after qualifying for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, and Williams was expected to join in soon afterwards. A verdict on the matter could take "months" according to FIA sources.