F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello has conceded that although outgoing Williams technical director Sam Michael🐎 is 'overloaded' and he will be sad to see him go, change 𝕴is needed at the Grove-based outfit and internal communication needs to be significantly improved.

It was all upheaval at Williams last week, when - following fevered speculation - it was confirmed that Michael will depart the team come season's end, in company with chief aerodynamicist Jon Tomlinson as controversial 'Spygate' protagonist Mike Coughlan prepares to come on-board as chief engineer [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here].

The radical overhaul has been 🌊engineered by Williams chairman Adam Parr in the wake of the former multiple F1 World Champions' worst start to a campaign in their 34-year history in 2011 - with no points from the opening four grands prix now and not so much as a single top ten appearance in qualifying as wind tunnel problems have left the Cosworth-powered FW33 languishing a long ♏way down the pecking order, despite its innovative and aggressive design approach.

Barrichello first worked with Michael at Jordan Grand Prix a decade-and-a-half ago befo🅰re the pair were reunited at Williams last year, and the Brazilian - the most experienced competitor in F1 history - has a great deal of respect for the softly-spoken Australian.

Admitting that he would rather he had not resigned, the Paulista nonetheless stresses that the technical structure is in desperate need of a shake-up and a different direction in order to begin to turn around Williams' ailing fortunes, given that many team members have been overstretched by being expected to carry out multiple ♒duties and as such are unable to perform to the maximum of their potential.

Aside from espousing the requir෴ement for more clearly-defined roles throughout the team, Barrichello reveals that he would also have appreciated being consulted on m🏅ore of the changes to have had the opportunity to provide his own input and views.

"I was sorry to see the announcement of Sam," reflected the eleven-time grand prix-winner, speaking to ITV-F1. "I have been working with him since the Jordan days and I was happy to reunite with him at Williams, [but] he's doing five or six jobs. He's overloaded, and at the end of the day it's too much for a single human being and he ends up doing half of his capability on h🐟is own job because he is doing other things.

"There are too many people doing too many jobs. A classic example would be that I drive the꧃ car and get out and check the tyre pressures - that wouldn't work, and there are too many people doing that at Williams right now. There are too many [roﷺles for one person].

"I don't have much to do [with the decisions]. They asked me about Sam a lot, and to be honest, I'm sad to see him go. In my opinion, with a veryܫ nice role he could, with other people, work very nicely in the team - but that's not for me to decide. We're about the same age, we get on well and he works very much in a way that I like; he just needs to be put back working properly on the things he likes to work on.

"That I was consulted [on], the rest🦩 I got to know from some of 🐷the press - which I would have liked to get consulted [on] as well. That's something that needs change. Williams need to work as a family, not too much of trying to keep it for themselves and then going to the press. We need to work a little bit more on how we approach things [internally].

"In my opinion, we need to define a little bit better what is what, and what people do what, because right now the [wind] tunnel is bringing great things on paper and we are having evolutions every day like a normal team...but not all the time [d🧸o they] translate to the racetrack. When you put it on the car, it is not all the time better, or it's just a little bit [better] or is not what the tunnel [is] saying.

"That's why the progression of the team during the year is sometimes bad and sometimes not. That I've been telling the team lots, because with all the teams I've [driven for] and the ones that have done really well, you only put on the car what you think is really going to make it work because otherwise it makes♐ confusion. Last year, although we made progress, there was some stuff that did make💛 confusion.

"Unfortunately, there are too many changes and it might take some time before the car is really, really good, but we need the changes because it doesn't matter if you make a driveshaft on this angle, and the gearbox this amount and it's the most aggressive thing, if the car🎀 is not the way it should be, the rest [doesn't matter]. It is time for a change, and I'm all up for it."