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Claire Williams says father will never retire

Claire Williams says her legendary father will be "face down on the desk" on the day he retires from his role as team principal. Claire, 38, is now the Grove team's deputy and undoubtedly first in line to succeed her father Sir Frank, who founded his racing team almost 50 years ago. In the late 70s, Williams - now 73 and believed to be one of the world's oldest tetraplegics - founded his British-based F1 team alongside Patrick Head, who has since retired. But Claire says her dad is not going to follow suit. "Frank is TP (team principal)," she told the Guardian newspaper. "Always has been, always will be, until we find him one day face down on the desk." Sir...
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