Williams’ success across the first half of the 2014 Formula One season will not prove fleeting. That is according to technical director Pat Symonds, who believes the team will be just as competitive after the summer break.In the opening 11 Grands Prix Williams have scored three podiums - all through Valtteri Bottas - and had occupied third in the constructors’ standings before Fernando Alonso’s podium in Hungary gave Ferrari a seven-point advantage.That resurgence led to some - including McLaren’s racing director Eric Boullier in June - suggesting that Williams’ form was track-dependent, but Symonds believes the team have a genuine claim to being the third...
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