Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
Things looked bright for Williams at the start of 2008, Nico Rosberg got them off to a flying start and they were set to join the battle for fourth place. But a run of disappointments has left them seventh, believing they ought to be higher. Adam Cooper analyses what went wrong and how they could bounce back
Winter testing suggested that Williams would be in pretty good shape in 2008, and possibly leading the group challenging inevitable pacesetters Ferrari and McLaren.
Indeed, the season got off to a great start in Melbourne, where Nico Rosberg took his first podium finish with third, and Kazuki Nakajima backed him up with seventh, after an eventful afternoon. The team left Oz with nine points to their name, behind only McLaren, for whom Lewis Hamilton had scored 10.
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