Pastor Maldonado is confident he will have a better second season in formula one.<\/p>\n
With his Venezuelan backing, the 26-year-old made his grand prix debut as the reigning GP2 champion this year, but scored only one of Williams’ 5 points.<\/p>\n
He is staying with the famous British team in 2012.<\/p>\n
“I trust the team because it is impossible to be worse than this year,” Maldonado told Brazil’s Totalrace.<\/p>\n
“I believe that was the worst position for a rookie (to be in), when nothing works, especially in the first year (as) you have to learn many things.<\/p>\n
“Nevertheless, I defended myself well, even against Rubens (Barrichello).\u00a0 It certainly was a year of learning.”<\/p>\n
Williams, indeed, had a disastrous season, finishing 36 points behind the next-worst team Toro Rosso and ahead only of the non-points scoring three newest teams.<\/p>\n
“I’m sure we will improve,” said Maldonado, “we have worked really hard to grow as a team.”<\/p>\n
A fundamental change for 2012 is the new technical boss Mike Coughlan, the former McLaren chief designer who was sacked a few years ago amid the ‘liegate’ scandal.<\/p>\n
He replaces the McLaren-bound Sam Michael, Williams’ long-time technical director.<\/p>\n
“I hope we have a better car, one that is more competitive so that we can always fight for points and higher positions,” said Maldonado.<\/p>\n
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