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Williams must improve its pit stops, says Smedley

Williams' head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley has called on the team to keep working on its pit stops and to strive for more consistency. Smedley was speaking after the 2015 F1 Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend, where Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa both encountered problems during one of their three stops during the 56-lap race. “There is work to do and we need to improve the consistency of the pit stops,” Smedley confirmed. “We had some good pit stops, but then both cars had some very slow pit stops - one of them we lost when we did the double stop with Valtteri - getting the left rear on - and then in the final pitstop with Felipe, we lost time as well for an issue there....
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