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Claire Williams says family team's current situation is 'soul destroying'

SILVERSTONE, U.K. -- Claire Williams says it has been difficult to watch her father's team drop down the Formula One pecking order so dramatically in recent years.

Williams -- one of the most successful teams on the grid, with nine constructors' and seven drivers' titles to its name -- is currently bottom of the Formula One championship after nine races. The team's prospects for the rest of the year look bleak: at the last race, back-up driver Robert Kubica named the car's colour scheme as its strongest feature, while Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll laughed off similar questions on Thursday ahead of the British Grand Prix.