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Stroll hopeful about updates fixing Williams problems

17:35, 20 Jul 2018

byJake Williams-Smith

Lance Stroll is hopeful that the new updates Williams has brought to the German Grand Prix will help bring Williams back towards the midfield pack. Their 2018 season hasn't been anything special, in fact, it has been quite the opposite.

Williams' issues are mainly due to aerodynamic instability with their new updates causing issues for both drivers over the British Grand Prix weekend, with both Sergey Sirotkin and Stroll spinning into the gravel at high speed at some point over the weekend.

The team believed the issue was down to aero stalls, the floor and rear wing on the FW41 causing instability for airflow travelling over the car, making the aero performance unpredictable at high speed.

Going into the German Grand Prix weekend, Stroll said he was hopeful that the new updates would help fix the issues the team experienced in the last round.

“We are all hoping that we see something good in the new front wing, and we definitely have to resolve what happened in Silverstone,” he said.

"They have been looking into it. Unfortunately, a very disappointing upgrade due to the difficulties we faced in Silverstone. We will discuss in detail what we are going to do and how to move forward.

“The new upgrade that we brought with the wing, and how it works with the floor, there was a sudden aerodynamic stall. We lost like 50 points of downforce, which is a huge number, as we turned into the corners.

"It all came from the DRS activation, so normally what should usually happen is when you activate the DRS, occasionally the rear wing and floor stall.

“The upgrade we brought was a malfunction and it stalled throughout the entry phase of the corner, a very, very long time. Once I turned in I basically had no downforce on the car. It was an aerodynamic surprise and an unexpected occurrence.”