Williams are heading to their home race at Silverstone with high hopes, despite a disappointing European Grand Prix which secured them just a single point.
The Grove outfit looked strong throughout the Valencia weekend, but ultimately contact with other cars for both drivers put them down the order.
The whole team is hoping for a far better race this coming weekend.
“Following our strong showing in Valencia, which unfortunately ultimately ended in disappointment, we head to our home Grand Prix at Silverstone with high hopes,” said Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer.
Not only are Pirelli bringing tyres the outfit knows well, having won the Spanish GP utilising the hard and soft compounds, but an upgrade package will also be introduced on both FW34’s.
“We will bring an updated aerodynamic package to the event which is imperative given the importance of aerodynamic efficiency around this track and how tight the grid is at present,” confirmed Gillan.
Both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna concur.
“I think the track will suit our car because it’s similar to Barcelona,” said Maldonado. “The pace of the car in Valencia was very promising and we have a number of updates expected for this race as well so hopefully we can give the home fans a good result.”
“Whilst we didn’t get the result we were hoping for in Valencia we showed that our car can be very competitive and with more updates planned for this race I’m optimistic about what we can achieve,” added Senna.
