Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams says the global coronavirus crisis has resulted in Formula 1 being left “exposed” du♑e to its current unsustainable model.

F1 finds itself in a vulnerable position because of the COVID-19 outbreak and a subsequent lack of racing with the opening nine races of the 2020 season called off and further disr♑uption likely.

Both the sport and its 10 teams are feeling the financial hit caused by a severe drop in revenue from race fees, broadcast rights and spons✱orship deals amid the suspension.

There are growing concerns over whether all teams will survive and a number of cost-saving measures have be🎃en implemented to help ease the anticipated financial strain, including delaying the technical rules revamp until 2022 ꦚand bringing forward the mandatory summer shutdown period.

Speaking on Sky F1’s Vodcast, Williams - who admitted it is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“absolutely critical” for her team’s future that F1 is able to resume racing this year - reckons the crisis has highlighted the need for a financial r𝓀ethink across the sport.

"I think this an opportunity and, I think Formula 1 and the model within which we operate has been expose♎d as probably an unsustainable model when something like this happens,” Williams said.

"This is unprecedent🍬ed and this is crisis mode and it is incredibly difficult to navigate your way💫 through.

“Survival is critical, and w🐓e have to put the work in now, so that should a similar situation arise, god forbid, we are all much better protected, rather than having to scramble like we are having to do now.

"We are working incredibly hard not ju🅘st within Williams but within the s🦋port as a whole. Formula 1 really does come together in these circumstances.

“The bigger teams understand the work they need to do to ensure the smaller teams' survival. The smaller teams understand and sꦇympathise with what we are asking of the bigger teams.”

Wi🍬lliams expressed her disappointment at the delay to the planned 2021 technica🌳l rules overhaul, which she believes had “set a great future” for all competing teams.

According to Williams, F1 could be in a better position during the current situation if the regulations had been introduced earlier, though she says she remains “eternally optimistic” that the💦 sport will get through this tough period.

"What is disappointing is that [we don't have] the new ✅regulations that were coming in for 2021 which we'd got to a really good place with and which were going to really set a great future for all of our teams,” she explained.

“I think if we hꦏad those regulations implemented two years ago, we might not all be as concerned as we are no🌱w.

“We are a little expoಌsed at the moment. But I trust that we will get through this. I am 🅠eternally optimistic.”