More_Blue_Flags wrote:I hate to admit it, but Williams have been pretty consistent at making poor in-race decisions throughout the season.
I can't decide who would have won the bronze/silver medals on the podium, but I guess Felipe Massa wins ROTR. I refuse to ponder as to where he might have finished without the extra stop.
As for Williams, virtually every race a combination of bad luck and poor decisions has indeed cost them, they should be up there with Ferrari and FI.
Australia: Both cars lose potential podiums due to incidents, Massa speared by Kobayashi and Bottas hitting the wall and having to recover
Malaysia: The team make a poor tyre gamble in quali and generally struggle for pace, leading to a double-Q2 elimination and hurting their chances in the race
Bahrain: Strategy is wrecked by the SC
China: Both cars punted off at turn 1 and Massa has a miserable tyre stop
Spain: Bottas is 5th but Williams are outsmarted by Red Bull on strategy and Massa is nowhere
Monaco: Massa's strategy is OK but Bottas blows up
Canada: If Massa didn't pit again, a podium should have been possible, instead Massa gets stuck behind Vettel and then clatters into Checo
Now my my belief that Williams, as a comeuppance of being wasteful this year, will fall back to the back again in 2015 has been strengthened.