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Williams to investigate lack of pace on medium tyres

Williams ended up with a very disappointing result at Bahrain, as even after a very promising start in which both drivers emerged near the front of the pack, the car's lacked pace throughout the race to maintain their positions. Felipe Massa finished eighth and Valtteri Bottas ninth in today’s Bahrain Grand Prix. 'It was a very tough day', said Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering. 'It was disappointing as it’s not even close to where we should be. We’ve got a great deal of work ahead of us and we need to face that challenge head on. Compared to our qualifying pace which was reasonable, our race pace just wasn’t there. 'Felipe’s race pace in the second stint on the medium...
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