Webber ends Williams' points drought

"It was good to break the points drought today," said technical director Sam Michael.

"Mark drove a great race in the wet and then in the drying conditions. Nico (Rosberg) drove well, but he was stuck in traffic after the first stint and it was difficult for him to make any ground.

"The variable conditions aside, the car has definitely improved both in reliability and performance and we will go to the last two races with a target to score some more points."

The point allowed Williams to end their worst streak since making their Formula One debut, having not scored a point since the European Grand Prix in May.

Webber, who survived a spin during today's race, had not scored since the San Marino Grand Prix.

"I had a reasonable start to the race and I got into the groove okay and started to catch David (Coulthard)," said Webber. "Once I had got past, I started to think about when I should change to dry tyres, but the track took a long, long time to dry, so we decided to leave the same tyres on in the first stop, which was the right thing to do.

"However, I did have a spin and it took an age to get the traction back on the synthetic grass.

"When we eventually did stop for dry tyres, I had another 3600 spin but pushed hard to keep the gap from Coulthard behind me right to the end and make sure we finished in the points, which is great for the team."