F1 2018: Assessing each team's chances in the new season 

Williams are currently crippled with inconsistency

Williams

Williams have been on a downward curve since starting promisingly in the V6 era in 2014. They run a compromised driver line-up and that doesn't augur well even if they have a pacy car, let alone a middling one.

Sure they bring in the dollars to hike up the team budget in a hyper-competitive environment, but what good is it when the car is not being pushed to eke out every ounce of potential from it?

Williams is crippled with inconsistency and doesn't really have the drivers who will outperform the car and put in higher up the grid.