(© Ben Johnston 2015)
Williams Martini Racing Team’s Head of Performance
Engineering Rob Smedley has confirmed that the Grove based outfit are still
targeting his old outfit Ferrari in the race for second place in the championship.
In 2014, Williams finished in third place in the
championship ahead of Scuderia Ferrari however so far in 2015 the team have
struggled to challenge the Italian team with Felipe Massa stating recently that
the Grove based outfit’s financial situation is restricting their development
rate which has allowed the Maranello based outfit to overhaul them in the
championship.
Ferrari started the season off with one podium as a
Sebastian Vettel finished the race in third place. Valtteri Bottas failed to
start the opening race of the season in Australia as he was unable to part in
the race as he had an injured back.
Smedley revealed that the team have upgrades coming for the
Spanish Grand Prix next time out but he feels that it will be a big challenge
to catch Ferrari as the Italian team have a big upgrade of their own for the
SF15-T for the opening race of the European leg of the season. Smedley is
hopeful that the team will be able to catch Ferrari during the season but he
admitted that the team must also keep a close eye on Infiniti Red Bull Racing
as the Milton Keynes based outfit who are behind them in the championship will inevitably
catch them with the resources that they have at their disposal.
Williams head to the Spanish Grand Prix in third place in
the championship on 61 points, 38 ahead of Infiniti Red Bull Racing and 46
points behind Ferrari.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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