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Williams making 'modest progress'

Frank Williams believes the Williams team is back on track this season after a disastrous 2006 campaign where the team finished eighth in the constructors' championship. This season the team has already amassed more points (13) than it did the whole of last year (11) and is sitting fifth in the points standings.

Williams said: "It has taken a few extra people, appropriate people. And we reviewed in the last couple years what we did and what we did wrong. Plenty to talk about on that one. I just tried again and so far it's gradually coming back."

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the American Grand Prix, Williams was also keen to praise the driver partnership of Alexander Wurz and Nico Rosberg. Rosberg has put in some particularly impressive performances in qualifying and although the 21-year-old has out-qualified Wurz at every grand prix so far this season, the Austrian has in turn shone on occasion - overcoming a run of bad luck to take a podium amidst the chaos at the last race in Canada.

Williams commented: "They work extremely well together. Nico is young, very intelligent. I'm sure he's got a very strong future ahead of him. Alex is experienced, and is quite a remarkable team member. Nothing is a bother for him. He will do anything you ask of him. He has a lot of car knowledge and car understanding."

However, Williams admits that he is far from satisfied with being a second off the pace of the frontrunners and expects to see a continued improvement in reliability.

He added: "Reliability has always been our biggest enemy over the last couple years, that's never put to bed, no one can ever claim that. But the two drivers get on fine, and we're making modest progress. It's never enough, of course."

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