France preview quotes: Williams

"I am sure that I will tune into the modified section very quickly though. There's one certainty this weekend and that's that it will again be a very competitive field and so it will be another fierce fight for points."

Nico Rosberg: "I can't wait to get to Magny-Cours. I really like the track and I've always seemed to do well there. It's a nice place to go as well and has a good vibe so it's a shame this is going to be our last visit. I have good memories of Magny, I've won a few races there and it was where I won my first GP2 race.

"We'll definitely have made some progress with the car as our test at Silverstone last week went really well. It's also going to be exciting to see how the new upgrades work in competition."

Sam Michael, Technical Director: "After two competitive races in North America, we are looking forward to the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours. We'll be bringing some aerodynamic and mechanical upgrade components to the race, which are part of our ongoing development programme and yielding good performance results on the FW29.

"We have also been doing some more work on our reliability at last week's Silverstone test. Reliability is much stronger now than in previous years, but clearly we still have a couple of small weaknesses, highlighted by some separate oil leaks that we experienced in practice and during the race in Indy. We now have solid solutions in place for these faults.

"With respect to Magny-Cours, the track has a broad range of corners, two high speed chicanes and one slow speed chicane with massive curbs. Traditionally, it's a very smooth circuit that emphasises the importance of aerodynamics, as is usual in Formula One.

"Strategy will be quite interesting because multiple stop solutions have been applied in previous years to good effect. Even though the latest qualifying regulations and pitlane speed limits have shifted everyone to a lower number of stops, Magny-Cours may be the exception. The pit wall has made some really good calls on strategy this year so we look to continue that trend at the French Grand Prix."