Williams upgrades not working as planned - Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas has admitted that the upgrades that Williams have been trialling recently are not paying off.

Speaking at the final in-season test of 2016, Bottas said that the changes are working, but not as well as intended.

"We ran three front wings, all from this year, ones from the beginning [of the season] and the very latest ones, and we found small differences," Bottas said. "We are honestly still struggling to see big differences as we would like.

"We were predicting bigger gains, but at the moment we're struggling a little bit to put it directly as downforce and lap time," he added. "We've found some results which could benefit us, not in the very near future, but later on."

Last weekend's British Grand Prix marked the first time in 2016 when Williams failed to score a single point

GB Silverstone - 13 July 2016

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