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Pastor Maldonado: "I have faith in the FW34 and the Renault engine and so have high hopes for the races ahead" © Sutton Images

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Pastor Maldonado says he has "high hopes" for the new Williams FW34 as he enters his second year with the British team.

He scored just one point during his debut year in 2011 as Williams experienced one of its worst seasons ever, but he is hoping for more from the new car.

"I'm happy to be racing again with Williams," he said at the launch of the FW34 at Jerez. "I have faith in the FW34 and the Renault engine and so have high hopes for the races ahead. It will be very important that we develop the car from the start of the season to the end. Now that I have a year's experience, I can help in that area much more now.

"As we start a new year, it's an exciting moment for my country Venezuela and I hope we can give them some good results to thank them for their continued support. We have many new components in the team so we will need to be focussed and work together well so that we may be stronger every day. I wish everyone in the team the best for the year and welcome Renault and Bruno."

Maldonado will be joined by Bruno Senna at Williams this year and the Brazilian, who raced eight times with Renault last year, is looking forward to getting stuck in.

"I'm very excited to be back in action with the Williams F1 Team in Jerez. This is my ever first pre-season testing programme since I started in Formula One two years ago. I'm really motivated and looking forward to working hard and with everyone in the team. I hope we have a successful month testing and developing the car so we arrive in Melbourne as well prepared as possible."

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