Close the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari

The 2015 Formula One season had seen the Williams Martini team maintain their 3rd place in the Constructors Championship, finishing ahead of Red Bull. For the 2016 season Deputy Team Principal Claire Williams feels that staying ahead of Red Bull as well as closing the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari would mark a major achievement for the Williams team.

In an interview for Autosport.com Williams spoke of the season ahead. She said: "We need to cut the gap down to Mercedes and Ferrari.

"That would be a real achievement for a team like us when our resources aren't as strong as some other teams.

"If we can keep the Red Bulls behind us as well, it'll be an even greater achievement."

Williams also spoke of how the team is motivated to reverse their lack of race wins in the season ahead.

"The ambition at Williams is always to win races and fight for that title," she said.

"We've had two years of finishing third and we have to make performance improvements and take the fight to those at the front.

"We should all remember how amazing it was to see our two cars go into that first corner at Silverstone in the lead after overtaking the Mercedes.

"It was brilliant to see two Williams do that, particularly on home soil and I will never forget that race.

"We proved in that one race alone, in those few laps, that we are back as a team.

"For the team itself, that is a motivation point to remind everyone what it feels like to do well in F1 and to be successful and to lead a race.

"It was very motivational for everyone and it helps a lot."