New Williams car is 'quite interesting' - Massa

Former Formula One star Felipe Massa has revealed some details about the new Williams vehicle for the 2018 campaign, and believes it looks 'quite interesting' compared to the previous design, with a more aggressive feel to the car being the target for Williams in this new incarnation.

Massa featured for Williams in F1 between 2014 and 2017 before his official retirement from the sport.

Williams have seen a decline in performance over the past couple of seasons, but there is apparently a positive feel about the new campaign in the camp with young, vigorous drivers Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin in their ranks. Massa thinks the new car has a more aggressive look to it and thinks this could be vital in the team's performance in the constructor's championship.

“I saw the new car in the wind tunnel and I saw so many changes that look quite interesting,” Massa told Motorsport.com.

“Everybody is working. Maybe you get to the first race and everybody has so many different changes and everything in the car. The car looks a lot more aggressive. It looks a lot different so I believe maybe they can improve.”

Massa remains confident that his old employers can enjoy a good upcoming season, but remained cautious about the resurgent McLaren who will now be using Renault engines instead of the old, unreliable Honda parts, and also the Renault works team.

“You will have Renault that will improve,” Massa predicted.

“You will also have McLaren so we need to see how much it can be this improvement. I need to see also what the drivers can do, but I believe maybe the team can have a better car compared to what we had until now.”