Sunday: A Weekend to Forget for the Williams Team
The Williams drivers hoped to have a good race to get closer to the points after a rather encouraging qualifying session, but it did not go as planned. The FW35 was not on pace, and neither Maldonado nor Bottas could get close to the points.
Pastor Maldonado – 14th:
« It was a bad race for us from the start as I lost several positions at the beginning which were very difficult to recover afterwards. There wasn’t a great rhythm in the car, I think we were good in terms of strategy but no matter what we did today, it wasn’t enough to climb back. It was a disappointing race but I’m looking forward to the next one. »
Valtteri Bottas – 15th:
I maintained my position at the start, but from the first laps, I wasn’t able to fight with the car ahead of me because we didn’t have a good race pace today. It was good to be able to make just one stop, like most of our rivals. I’m looking forward to Singapore; it’s a new track for me, so I hope we can do better there.
