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Williams says team's struggles are 'not because I have a child'

Deputy principal Claire Williams says her Formula 1 team's struggles are "not because I have a child". Nine-time constructors' champions Williams endured their worst season in 2019, and have not won a race since 2012. Claire Williams, who has run the team since 2013, said it has been suggested to her that the issues coincided with her becoming a mum in October 2017. She said people "maybe give me a rougher time because I am a woman". Williams added: "I have had someone say to me that a lot of people in the Formula 1 paddock think that the team started doing badly when I fell pregnant and had a baby. "Am I not allowed a child because I am a woman running a...
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