Williams Have Been Too Cautious for Their Own Good Across 2014 Formula 1 Season

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Published: November 11, 2014

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For a team with 114 grand prix victories, nine constructors' championships and seven drivers' titles to their name, Williams have been spooked by success for much of this season.

Their car has more often than not sat second behind the Mercedes W05 as the fastest on the Formula One grid throughout the year but has never quite realised its true potential.

While the Red Bull RB10—a car that couldn't even make it to the end of the pit lane on the penultimate day of pre-season testing—will end this season with at least three wins under its belt, Williams' FW36 will coast into parc ferme for the final time at next weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix having achieved a minimum of one pole position and seven podium finishes.



A credible record, of course—but not exactly Williams', is it?

This, apparently, is just the start, the prelude to bigger and better things in the coming years. The poles, podiums and, indeed, the wins that may have slipped through the net today will be claimed with panache tomorrow.

The FW36 is just a stepping stone toward the FW37 and FW38, with which the team will, presumably, hope to claim their first world title of any kind since 1997.



Rob Smedley, the team's head of vehicle performance, spoke of the need to rediscover the art of winning in the aftermath of June's Austrian Grand Prix—where Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, unaided by a conservative strategy, dropped from first and second on the grid to fourth and third, respectively, by the chequered flag—telling Autosport's Ben Anderson:

I think we have to look inwardly at ourselves and understand how we improve in every single tiny detail, because it's in the details, there's no big magic bullet.

We were racing against a very professional outfit (Mercedes) with a quicker car, but very well organised. And why are they so well organised? Because they've ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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