Williams has bolstered its engineering team ahead of the 2015 season with appointment of Dave Robson to the position of Felipe Massa’s race engineer.
Robson joins from McLaren where he was Jenson Button’s race engineer up until the 2014 German Grand Prix when the team opted to give that role to Tom Stallard.
Robson will work under head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley.
Massa’s former race engineer, Andrew Murdoch, has been promoted to senior performance engineer where he will lead the performance group at the factory. He will also remain part of the trackside team with a focus on Valtteri Bottas.
Speaking about the changes, chief technical officer Pat Symonds said: “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.
“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.
“Our engineering team for the coming season is looking strong and I’m excited to get the new season underway.”
