Examining the Factors That Point to a Williams Resurgence in F1 in 2014

Form is temporary, class is permanent. It’s an old sporting adage that each of us has read and heard a million times—apart from, apparently, Pastor Maldonado. When the Venezuelan was plotting his exit from Williams towards the end of last season, he was, in his view, escaping from the sinking ship. 2013, after all, was the second time in three seasons that Williams had failed to reach double figures in the constructors’ championship. If there was ever a statistic to confirm that the team’s glory days had come and gone—never to return—that was it. That Maldonado had claimed Williams’ only victory in eight years, at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, told him all he needed to know: I’m the star here. ...

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