CLAIRE Williams is convinced her Grove-based team are heading back to the top of Formula 1.
Williams go into this weekend’s British Grand Prix on the back of a superb result in Austria.
After qualifying first and second on the grid, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa finished third and fourth respectively to give their team their largest haul of points (33) from a race since the new scoring system was introduced in 2010.
After the worst season in Williams’s history last year, the tide has turned on the back of the new regulations introduced this campaign, and an active recruitment programme.
Speaking about the team’s improved form ahead of this Sunday’s race at Silverstone, deputy team principal Williams said: “It’s been a combination of factors.
“With team morale at a high level now, it all goes to build to your position, and that is where we are as a team.”
Williams appreciates, however, the team have to build on the result at the Red Bull Ring, adding: “We have to embrace that, capitalise on it so we make the most of it for the rest of the season.
“Everyone believes this team can get back to the top, and you have to believe in that in order to do it.”
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