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Williams not rushing into driver decision

By Andrew Hooper
July 9 2016

 
 Williams not rushing into driver decision
 

The Williams Martini team has retained the same drivers for the past three years but the 2017 season will see the team having to make a decision as to which drivers to sign on. According to Deputy Team Principal Claire Williams it is not a decision that they are rushing into.

Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa have worked well together but the end of the 2016 season will see Felipe's contract with the team come to an end. With this there has been a variety of speculations regarding which driver the team will take on even including the return of Jenson Button to the Williams team.

When Williams was asked about the decision regarding drivers she said: “We are evaluating our options. We still feel it’s quite early in the year to be making our decision.

“We have some performance issues at the moment so we really need Valtteri and Felipe to be concentrating on their track performance rather than worrying about what’s happening in 2017.

“As you’d expect those conversations are going on behind closed doors and when we’re ready to make an announcement we will, but I don’t foresee that being the next few races.”

 

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