Andrew Murdoch becomes Williams' senior performance engineer
Monday 5 January 2015 16:44, UK
Dave Robson, Jenson Button’s former race engineer at McLaren, has joined Williams as part of a wide-ranging engineering shake-up at the Grove outfit.
Robson, who was replaced by Tom Stallard as Button’s engineer midway through the 2014 campaign, has been appointed Felipe Massa’s new race engineer and will work under the team’s head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley.
Massa’s former race engineer, Andrew Murdoch, has in turn been promoted to the role of senior performance engineer.
Massa’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas will, meanwhile, continue to be engineered by Jonathan Eddolls.
"Off the back of a great 2014 campaign Williams is determined to continue this positive momentum into the new season, and these recent changes show our commitment to that goal," said Williams’ chief technical officer Pat Symonds.
"We are proud to be able to promote our existing talent to help strengthen every area within our engineering team and we will continue to invest in new talent where necessary to ensure we have the support and resources to achieve our on-track ambitions throughout 2015 and beyond."
