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Williams happy with Cosworth

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Williams CEO Adam Parr has moved quickly to rubbish suggestions that the team is looking to pull the plug on engine supplier Cosworth in favour of Renault.

Both Williams and Lotus use the Northampton-based engine maker but have so far struggled in terms of reliability in the opening races of the 2010 season.

French manufacturer Renault said in Monaco last weekend that it was hoping to expand its customer supply base for next year, prompting rumours that Williams and Lotus could be targets.

"I am happy with them and we are not looking at anyone else," Parr told AUTOSPORT. "But what I would say, and I think they have said too, is that the engine is good, we had very good pre-season testing, but we have had problems during the season with unexpected degradation issues.

"That has led to reliability issues because things are not lasting. So there is a requirement for some relatively simple changes to address those problems, but we are working on it."

Williams technical director Sam Michael said he was happy with the working relationship between his team and the engine supplier and recognises the areas in which they need to improve.

"We are extremely demanding of Cosworth because we want to get everything right, but they ask us to be like that as well," said Michael. "They want to be pushed because they don't want to be seen to be an engine that is just making up the numbers. And the only way they won't be like that is if they respond to us."

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