Nobody takes any pleasure in seeing Williams where they are right now.
This once great racing team should not be driving around at the back of the grid, scrapping for the odd point here and there. But that's what happened in 2022 – one of the worst seasons in the team's 45-year history, which yielded little joy for anyone of a Williams persuasion.
A team principal losing their job after such a poor year shouldn't really be a surprise, but few people saw Jost Capito's departure coming at the time it did. In hindsight, though, the shock of it dulled somewhat when his bizarre methods which failed to convince staff of his suitability for the job are taken into account.