Williams boss admits to 'catastrophic' design fail during British Grand Prix

Formula 1 team Williams has addressed a ‘catastrophic’ design fail that caused aerodynamic stalls during the British Grand Prix.

Williams attempted introduce a new rear wing however both Williams drivers Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin found themselves to be held back during the British GP qualifying.

The mysterious phenomenon was said to be caused by an aerodynamic stall at the diffuser once the DRS was opened and then shut again.

Williams’ Chief technical officer Paddy Lowe touched on the issue, calling it “intermittent, but really quite catastrophic”.

“In that situation it's really such an extreme loss of downforce, that it is not really safe,” he told autosport.com.

"Of course we could consider racing without using any DRS, but that is not a way to compete."

Despite the disappointment of the failed design, Lowe did not rule out a return of the controversial wing in the future for Williams.

"I don't think there is anything sort of fundamentally wrong with this rear wing,” he said.

"It is something in the way everything has been put together, it is a combination, that is causing some strange phenomenon.

"We don't have the answer right now, no. We want to do some more evaluations."

The horrific situation resulted in both Stroll and Sirotkin having to start in the pit lane and Lowe called it an experience he “hope[d] to not ever have to repeat”.

The Williams boss promised more updates on the situation in future events such as Germany and Hungary but refused to promise “any particular outcome”.