Williams is confident that Robert Kubica’s complaints regarding the chassis will be resolved from the Spanish Grand Prix.
Back in Bahrain, the Polish driver stated that his car and that of teammate George Russell were behaving differently even with the same setup.
As a result, the British team has been conducting investigations into the two cars, primarily around the floor, which deputy boss Claire Williams said was Kubica’s area of focus.
“We haven’t been able to clearly demonstrate through scans that they are [different], but clearly if a driver is telling you that he believes one is different to the other, we’ve got to get to the bottom of that, which we’re trying to do at the moment,” she told Motorsport.com.
“But then, the feeling that Robert had around that floor, [it] was the floor that was on George’s car during the Baku manhole cover incident anyway, so that’s effectively gone.
“The chassis, as far as we’re concerned, they’re identical.”
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Though speaking before hitting the track in Barcelona on Friday, Kubica was also hopeful the situation, which he blames for his lack of pace compared to Russell, is resolved.
“Hopefully this will be fixed, and at least it will give me better, let’s say, comfort and consistency on the car,” he told Motorsport Week.
“You know, I think everyone in the paddock is looking for performance, and to have better driveability, to have a better understanding of the package, of the tyres, of everything. Once you add variation which shouldn’t be there, it’s not helping.
“In some areas was affecting me more, on some tracks, some others, less, but as I said, I am looking forward to seeing if we were able to fix it and see how will be the feeling.”
Williams also confirmed that both cars which were substantially damaged in Baku, after Russell’s drain hit and Kubica’s qualifying shunt, are also fully repaired.
“The guys have done a phenomenal job at the factory getting them into the system and then all repaired to have them all here,’ she added.
