Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes): 19 – Felipe Massa (Brazil)- 77 – Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams are looking more and more like a team on the up following the switch to Mercedes power. And they desperately need that, having plumbed new depths last year with just five points on the board. Massa replaces Maldonado and is eager to show that he still has plenty to offer despite being eclipsed at Ferrari by Fernando Alonso. Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has also come on board and the experience of technical head Pat Symonds is starting to show. There are new sponsors and the tidy-looking car set the pace in Bahrain testing and chalked up plenty of laps. After scrabbling desperately for points in 2013, Williams could be back among the podium contenders. GP247 Prediction: Many are predicting a Williams renaissance this year, and if Bahrain testing is anything to go by this outfit could well be upwardly mobile in 2014. Applause for perfect timing to ditch Renault and become a Mercedes powered team. At the same time Massa has chosen a great year to sign up with a team steeped in history, and is arguably in a good place to score his long overdue 12th grand prix victory. In Bottas the team have a solid young driver who has yet to have a decent piece of kit to allow his obvious talents to shine through. This could all change starting in Melbourne for the team which is third on the list of all time grand prix winners, behind Ferrari and McLaren.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:55:44 +0000
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