Williams technical director Sam Michael believes a raft of upgrades for the Turkish Grand Prix will put his team back in the top ten.
Both cars have failed to score points over the first three races of the season, making it Williams' worst start to a title campaign since 1979. Michael is hoping changes to the FW33 will put an end to the team's points drought starting at the next race.
"We are introducing a modified floor, new front wing, new rear wing and new brake ducts to both cars for Istanbul," he said last week. "We expect this to give us a few tenths to help our drivers get into the top ten."
In China the team faced a setback with its latest exhaust-blown diffuser which caused parts of the bodywork to overheat. However, Michael believes the concept is sound and will be bringing a revised version to the Spanish Grand Prix.
"We had a number of new parts in China," he added. "The most visible one was the new exhaust system on Rubens' car during practice. We saw some quite positive signs during the traction phase, but unfortunately we had some reliability issues with parts of the floor burning and subsequently causing degradation of aero performance. We're redesigning some parts and intend to reintroduce an upgraded version of this exhaust system at the Barcelona GP."
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