NEXT RACE - 7th September

'Williams close to finding a solution'

Friday 8th August 2008

Nico Rosberg is confident his Williams team will soon be back on the pace as they close in on solving their recent performance issues.

After a strong start to the campaign that saw Rosberg bag a podium finish in the season-opening Australian GP, Williams continued to score points with six top-eight finishes in the opening six races.

However, after Monaco the Grove team's results began to plummet.

Qualifying quickly became an issue with both Rosberg and team-mate Kazuki Nakajima battling to make it through to Q1 and on occasions even failing to get past the first segment.

As for grands prix, the Williams duo quickly found themselves lapping at the back of the midfield field, which has ultimately seen Williams dropped down the order to seventh in the Constructors' Championship.

Rosberg, though, is confident the team can fight back in the latter stage of this year's campaign, reckoning that Williams are on the verge of solving their problems.

"We've got the bottom of one of the problems, yes," the German told Autosport.

"We have an explanation for it, especially when you consider that in the winter we were level with Red Bull and Toyota, and it's just gone down.

"But we know where one of the main areas is and actually I have learned something in Hungary, which was just a small step in another direction, to give us an idea if it's the right thing. I ran it in qualifying and it's quite positive."

He added: "The problem is in F1 it takes time. You have to design it, then you have to produce it, test it, put it on the car. We won't see it in the immediate future - it's going to take a few weeks."

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