Michael: Williams will only be stronger

Williams technical director Sam Michael has predicted that the team will 🍒see an upturn in performance in the coming races after revealing that the G𓃲rove-based outfit had been forced to battle a number of issues during the season-opener in Bahrain.
Ruꦦbens Barrichello scored a single point for tenth place at Sakhir, but Michaels revealed that issues in the run-up to the race had compromised the performance of the Cosworth-powered car, although the issues are ones that can be resolved ahead of round two in Australia.
"We had quite a few issues to sort out in the days leading up to the Grand Prix and it became apparent eaꦯrly on that we would have some fire-fighting to do in the build-up to the race to ensure we finished on Sunday," he said. "Because of that, we had three or four things on the FW32 in Bahrai💙n that we couldn't change quickly.
"Most of those ♒elements can be corrected over the next couple of races and that should offe🦋r a good step in performance."
B♏arrichello set the sixth quickest lap during the race, despite carrying damage on his car, which Michael added gave a further indication that performance will be improved in upcoming events🃏.
He also backed Nico Hulkenberg to deliver the goo❀ds, despite his debut being hit by a spin early on which dropped him to the rear of the field.
"When Rubens set that time⛄ he actually had൩ some damage on his car," he said. "We expect to be stronger in forthcoming races.
"Nico handled himself well. He was quick throughout practice, but then he made a small, but time costly, mistake in qualifying. He then had a bit of a messy race. Nico is a smart guy who's dev🎉eloping a great relationship with his engineers, Tom McCullough and Andrew Murdoch, and I know he'll deliver."