The much talked about new front wing and nose solution for the Williams FW38 landed in Manama and was promptly put through its paces by Felipe Massa who gave it a thumbs up after qualifying sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Although Massa was out-qualified by his teammate Valtteri Bottas, he remained upbeat, "It was definitely a good qualifying. We always expected to be a little bit more in front."
"It was a difficult day trying the new wing in practice and then not really having the balance, so we took our time to decide whether or not we would use it in qualifying."
"We decided to use it and managed to improve our time which was important. We need more time though to understand this front wing to get the most from it. I’m pretty upbeat about our position for qualifying," admitted Massa whose best time was a few thousandths of Bottas' best lap time on the night.
"We know the race will be long tomorrow. We have one Red Bull in front and also one behind. Both Toro Rossos are behind, as are the other teams we are fighting, so we know the race will be difficult. We will try the best we can to score as many points as possible," added Massa who will be starting his 231st grand prix on Sunday evening.
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