Williams' Valtteri Bottas expressed happiness after he switched strategies mid-race and managed to split the Ferrari drivers for a second successive race. Having beaten Sebastian Vettel to fourth position at the most recent round in Bahrain, Bottas maintained fourth place across the course of the race, resisting a late charge from compatriot Kimi Raikkonen. "It feels good to split the Ferraris for a second race in a row and this has been another solid points haul for the team," he said. "Tyre life was better […]

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas says he was pleased to hold off Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel as he claimed his best result of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel had to make an extra stop for a front wing change after running wide at the final corner and emerged from the pits behind Bottas. The Finn repelled the threat from Vettel across the final stint to take fourth place under the lights at Sakhir. "There was not so much happening before that but [it was] […]

Valtteri Bottas described his day of practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix as 'good' but believes that Williams can still make further progress. Bottas set the fifth best time in the second practice session, just 0.003s behind Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel. But the Finn is sure that Williams can make more steps prior to qualifying at the Sakhir circuit. "It has been a good Friday," he said. "The car feels good but it’s only Friday so it is hard to compare us against our […]

Williams' Valtteri Bottas says that it will be difficult for the squad to challenge Ferrari during the Chinese Grand Prix, despite splitting the Italian team's cars in qualifying. Felipe Massa and Bottas qualified in fourth and fifth places to edge ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, but Bottas believes that Williams will be unable to take the fight to Ferrari in race trim. "Obviously [it's] a good step from practice but from Q2 onwards I struggled with rear stability compared to all the weekend," said Bottas. "Our […]

Williams says that Felipe Massa's premature exit from the second practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix was caused by a rear wing stall on his FW37. Massa was on his flying lap during the session when his car spun out of control under braking for the hairpin in the final sector. Massa spun off the circuit and clipped the barriers, causing minor damage to the front wing and resulting in the session being stopped while his car was retrieved. "The first session went to […]

Williams' Felipe Massa has maintained that the squad is capable of taking the fight to Mercedes, despite Ferrari emerging as the main challenger to the World Champions across the first two races of 2015. Massa was beaten to third place by Sebastian Vettel in Australia before the German claimed victory in Malaysia, as Massa placed sixth, behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Those results leave Williams in third place in the Constructors' championship, but Massa is confident that the team can improve, starting in China this weekend. […]

Williams has been handed a suspended fine after a tyre breach during the first practice session for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. Every driver is given a set of Pirelli's hard tyres which must be used only during the first 30 minutes of the opening session, but Felipe Massa used those tyres outside of the designated time. "The competitor admitted the infringement and sought to mitigate," said a statement issued by the stewards. "Having considered the facts the stewards accept that the infringement was inadvertent […]

Felipe Massa believes that his chance of finishing on the podium at the Australian Grand Prix disappeared when he got stuck behind Daniel Ricciardo as he exited the pits. Massa was running in third place but emerged from his solitary stop behind the Red Bull driver, and when Sebastian Vettel pitted a lap late the German came out ahead of Massa, with their positions maintained until the end of the race. "The aim of today was start the season with a solid points haul and […]

Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel say they are expecting a fight between Williams and Ferrari for the podium places at the Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified comfortably clear at the head of the pack, with Massa in third and Vettel behind in fourth place. With Mercedes expected to be significantly ahead, the pair believe that Williams and Ferrari will scrap for the bottom step of the podium. "It was a tricky qualifying, especially with four cars fighting for very similar times […]

Williams driver Felipe Massa set the quickest time on the first day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Massa took the mantle from World Champion Lewis Hamilton during the afternoon session on Medium tyres and promptly lowered his quickest time to a 1:23.500 on the yellow-banded Soft tyres. Massa’s time was significantly quicker than anyone achieved during last week’s test as he ended a day partially affected by rain significantly faster than Sauber's Marcus Ericsson. The Swede moved up the table […]

Williams test driver Susie Wolff will pilot the team's FW37 on the first day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week. Wolff will drive the car on Thursday at the home of the Spanish Grand Prix, before Felipe Massa takes over on Friday. Valtteri Bottas will run on Saturday, before regular drivers Bottas and Massa sample the car on the final day of running on Sunday. Wolff, who drove the FW37 during a filming day at Jerez earlier this month, […]

Williams has confirmed that it has recruited Dave Robson from McLaren to act as Felipe Massa's race engineer in 2015. Robson previously worked with 2009 World Champion Jenson Button at McLaren but has moved to Williams to replace Andrew Murdoch, who has been promoted to the role of senior performance engineer at the Grove-based squad. "Off the back of a great 2014 campaign Williams is determined to continue this positive momentum into the new season, and these recent changes show our commitment to that goal," […]