Mercedes have $300 million-worth of equipment Williams doesn't have

Williams team principal James Vowles says they are fighting "with one arm behind our back" compared to the likes of Mercedes.

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I knew Williams was underinvested, but wow. They need like 3 Ryan Reynolds to catch up.
- wasn't the total investment at that point 200M?
- Can they catch up with the current budget caps?
  
  According to James in the article, no they can’t. Hopefully the FIA can be convinced to relax capital expenditure regulations for smaller teams at least.
Which at the moment is basically a permanent debuff for Williams. I'm all for a cost cap to introduce equality up and down the grid, but if teams cannot make the investment needed to catch up, that is a problem.
I imagine they would have to sacrifice a season or two to catch up on the equipments game to compete in the later ones.

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