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Maldonado confident of more points at Monza

Pastor Maldonado: "Our car is working well on these types of tracks" © Getty Images

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• Drivers:
• Pastor Maldonado

• Teams:
• Williams

Pastor Maldonadois confident he can add to his points tally for the second consecutive race at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.

Maldonado took the first point of his F1 career at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend after fighting back from a grid penalty to finish in the top ten. He is confident the car is well suited to low-drag circuits and Monza requires less downforce than any other track on the calendar.

"It is a wonderful track, especially because it is so quick, one of the quickest of the year," he said. "It is a low-downforce circuit so you need a good aero balance for that. As we showed at Spa-Francorchamps, our car is working well on these types of tracks so I hope to be in the points again this weekend."

He added: "Monza is a very special circuit for me and I have great memories of winning there in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2006," he said. "I used to live very close to the track so I am looking forward to seeing many Venezuelan and Italian friends there this weekend."

Williams technical director Sam Michael said his team would have a Monza-specific aero package to reduce drag as much as possible.

"Monza is such a unique circuit that we design and manufacture front and rear wings specifically for use only at this event," he said. "The lowest drag aero set-up is used in combination with a mechanical set-up that is optimised for kerb riding. Overtaking should be common given the long straights and DRS."

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