Kubica thinks Williams are "going in the right direction" in road to recovery

Williams driver Robert Kubica is positive about the work that's being done at Williams, as the Pole thinks the team is going in the right direction with the tweaks that are being made on the FW42.

Kubica finished both sessions in penultimate position; P18 in FP1 as Antonio Giovinazzi didn't set a lap time, and P19 in FP2. The 34-year-old beat teammate George Russell on both occasions, however, and Williams were closer to the pack than in previous weekends.

Although there is still a lot of work to be done, Kubica is pleased with the way things are improving at the Grove-based team.

"The car feels a bit different to last two weekends, so that's a good sign," Kubica was quoted by F1i.com.

"Now we have to see the data, what to do, as the balance is quite different to the previous two events.

"We just did some changes just to understand and it's not that we have some improvement. It's just something we changed in the characteristics of the car and it seems like it's responding differently.

Kubica is not expecting any magic to be done at Williams and knows they'll be at the back of the grid for the foreseeable future.

"If we haven't done anything to turn it around in the last two months, there'll be nothing happening in 12 hours.

"I think the long run pace was fairly decent compared to Racing Point. We definitely as a team seem closer, so again that's positive and all going in the right direction."