Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering at Williams, says his team are looking to extend their points lead over Red Bull in the constructors’ championship.
Williams and Red Bull are in a fight for third and fourth place in the constructors’ championship with the former 71 points ahead.
Williams can secure third in the constructors’ championship in Mexico thus will be looking for another strong result in Austin.
Valtteri Bottas was taken out on the final lap of the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi while Felipe Massa came home fourth after a poor qualifying.
“We head to Austin after not getting all of the points we should have done in Russia, despite having a really good car with great pace. We are in a positive frame of mind and the circuit suits our car so we should have a good race.
“We need to keep pulling open a gap on Red Bull and the team must keep on fighting to get as many points as possible. Both drivers are coming off the back of really good drives in the last Grand Prix so we should be able to score some decent points.”
