Smedley believes Mercedes dominance won’t last

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley doesn't believe that Mercedes can maintain their dominant position.

Mercedes won both the drivers and constructors championship in the first year of the new V6 hybrid turbo era and are the favourites ahead of the 2015 season.

But Smedley thinks their advantage will start to dwindle, as rival teams began to close the gap in the second half of the year.

He told reporters: “When one team is dominant and they have a big advantage, nothing lasts forever.

“If you look at the gap we had in Australia and the gap we had in the last race of the year, I think that if anything it has probably been getting a little bit better.

“People understand how to develop their car better, they understand how to build a better chassis, have better harmony between the power unit and the chassis, and that dominance is usually decreased.

“It is up to us, the other teams, whether Williams, whether we are Red Bull, whether we are Ferrari, to go out and to do a better job than everybody else.”

Williams are in a good position to challenge Mercedes, after finishing third in the Constructors Championship.

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