“We need to look seriously at the training of people at the circuits. I’m
not impressed at all.”
Meanwhile, Williams chief operations engineer Mark Gillan extended the team’s
gratitude to their rivals for their help in dealing with yesterday’s fire
which resulted in 31 team members being attended to by circuit medical
centre staff, seven of whom remain in hospital.
“On behalf of Williams, I’d like to thank all of the team members from
other teams for their help during the fire,” Gillan said. “We were
overwhelmed by the support. It was really impressive.
“Williams would like to say thanks to the teams, the FIA, FOM and all of
those who came to help. It was a serious issue and I am very grateful
indeed.
“What happened after a great result is very disappointing, but things
were limited by the fast response of our team and everyone who helped.”
He added that while the fire destroyed a significant amount of the equipment,
he had no doubt they would be competing at the Moncao Grand Prix in just
under a fortnight’s time.
“We had a lot of damage and we have lost a lot of equipment, including IT
equipment, Gillan continued. “Over the next couple of days we will be
looking at where we are parts-wise.
“We will have everything we need to run operationally at Monaco, but we
may be missing a few of the extras because obviously we don’t carry a
complete set of spares for everything.”