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Khatir Soltani
Did you envisage you would achieve 16 World Championships when you set up Williams F1?
No, not at all, but we both wanted to achieve as much as possible.

If you could pinpoint one overriding element to the team's success, what would it be?
Consistent guidance from the top, an understanding that F1 is essentially a technical and organisational problem as well as an appreciation of how much we rely upon the skills and enthusiasm of our employees.

Out of 500 races, which has been your most satisfying?
Winning races is satisfying, but it is what we set out to do, so not winning is failing in that task. Once the race is over, both Frank and I tend to be thinking about the future.

And lastly, what are your predictions for the 2008 season as a whole?
That the races will be contested mostly between Ferrari and McLaren, as in 2007, that at least one race will be won by a third team and that Williams will make progress from 2007.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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