Maldonado says the experience gained during his first F1 season will aid Williams's 2012 development

The Grove-based outfit is keen to bounce back from its worst ever season in F1, and it hopes revisions to its technical department and a switch to Renault engines can lift its form.

Although Maldonado has only a single campaign under his belt, he is confident that he now has enough knowledge of F1 to help Williams make good progress.

"I have faith in the FW34 and the Renault engine and so have high hopes for the races ahead," he said. "It will be very important that we develop the car from the start of the season to the end. Now that I have a year's experience, I can help in that area much more now."

He added: "We have many new components in the team so we will need to be focussed and work together well so that we may be stronger every day."

Bruno Senna feels that his contribution to Williams will be more than he has been able to give to his two previous outfits, because he is about to embark on his first pre-season testing campaign.

"I'm very excited to be back in action with the Williams F1 Team in Jerez," he said. "This is my ever first pre-season testing programme since I started in Formula 1 two years ago.

"I'm really motivated and looking forward to working hard and with everyone in the team. I hope we have a successful month testing and developing the car so we arrive in Melbourne as well prepared as possible."