Kubica: We're limited with spare parts and everything

The manner in which Williams have slid to the bottom of the F1 pecking order is well documented, as is the failed Paddy Lowe 'era' at Grove that has led the team to the state-of-disarray it finds itself in, cruelly coinciding with Kubica's remarkable journey back to the top flight.

Previewing round two of the championship in Manama, Kubica was refreshingly candid when he said, "Realistically speaking, again we are facing a challenging weekend. Knowing the difficulties we had in Australia, it is true that Bahrain is a different configuration and a different specification."

"Still it is not that from one week to another there will be miracles. It's not an easy situation also from a drivers’ point of view because we will be limited with spare parts and everything."

"Look at what happened to me on the Friday in Australia in FP1... by going on top of one kerb I damaged the floor and we didn’t have parts to replace it. And this probably affected the whole weekend."

The Pole explained how, after the race Down Under, floor damage was discovered on his car at the factory, "I was told it had no effect, but after reviewing data after the weekend, we believe it had a bigger effect than we thought."

"On one hand, the team is trying to provide the best car for us to drive but on the other hand. I think in a perfect world you would have fresher parts starting the weekend, plus having some spare parts, and in a good state."

"It puts the driver in a difficult position. Tomorrow the situation is like it is, you cannot go over the kerbs or you go over the kerbs but the risk is that the car will fall apart and then you have no parts to fit them."

"We are already lacking performance, and we are adding another factor which is complicating our life. But I know in the factory everyone is working hard. We just need a bit more time to fix the issue."

The lack of spare parts and the entire state of unreadiness has universally blamed on technical chief Paddy Lowe who has since abandoned ship after he failed to deliver the car on time, and then a proper lemon.

The FW42 is at least a month or more behind in terms of development and state of readiness, having started the season that way in Melbourne. That deadlines were missed so savagely suggests gross negligence from Lowe and his crew who delivered the unthinkable for this season: a car far worse than last year's disaster.

Until Lowe speaks and sets the record straight he is shouldering most of the blame.

But, it is fair to ask how did insiders - specifically deputy team principal Claire Williams and her immediate lieutenants - not see these delays coming?

Surely there was a timeline that the team would have adhered to, with set deadlines that have to be met

Why were they ambushed by missing deadlines so crucial in the building of a race car?

Until someone speaks out on exactly the state of the affairs within the 16-times F1 World Champion team, speculation will continue to mount and questions will be asked of the leadership.

And of course, the obvious question few are asking lest they get a ban from the motorhome is: Are Williams struggling financially to keep the F1 operation afloat?

The loss of Martini as a title sponsor was substantial, and although Rokit mobile phone maker stepped in to replace the drinks purveyor, the money that will exchange hands is substantially less.

Last year the team had two pay drivers in the form of Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin, who together would have added around $30-million to the 2018 budget.

This year they have one pay driver in Kubica whose Polish backers are allegedly forking out $15-million to trundle around at the back of the grid, way off the pace and pretending they are in a race.