It has been a struggle for Williams in 2018 so far, a slow car has left the team last in the constructor standings and their car woefully off the pace. Test and development driver Robert Kubica however has said that the team is very strong when it comes to the car's livery.
His comments come after his second outing in a practice session this season for the team, he finished last in 20th after completing 38 laps in free practice one.
After the session, the Pole spoke to ESPN and having been asked where Williams were strongest, he joked that the team had the looks down if nothing else.
“You asked for one!? Livery is nice, colours are nice…”
Kubica believes that the team have a strong foundation with their engine and power unit also, but needed to develop aerodynamic performance in order to progress up the field.
“There is only one thing which is changing performance of the car of three seconds or two seconds per lap; and its name is downforce.
“If you have more downforce, everything becomes much easier, drivers they drive better, engineers they have more room for setup, the tyres are working better because you switch them on earlier and you have less degradation.
“There is no medicine maybe for everything, but there is a big medicine which is downforce in an F1 car.”
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