Ithimba likaWilliams F1 limemezele ukuqashwa kukaFilipe Massa ngesizini ezayo. Umshayeli waseBrazil, umshayeli wamanje we-Scuderia Ferrari, uzoba yingxenye yeqembu laseBrithani, kanye nomshayeli u-Valtteri Bottas.
Ngenhloso yokubuyela "phezulu" kuFomula 1, Ithimba likaWilliam F1 limemezele, ngewebhusayithi yalo esemthethweni, ukuqashwa kukaFelipe Massa. Umshayeli oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala, ozovala isikhala somshayeli uPastor Maldonado, ukuthethelele ukukhetha kwakhe ngokuthi “uWilliams ungelinye lamaqembu abaluleke kakhulu futhi aphumelele kunawo wonke ake akhona kuFomula 1”. UFelipe Massa wengeze wathi: "Kuyikuzigqaja ukuhlala eqenjini elidumile, ngemuva kweFerrari".
Umshayeli waseBrazil naye ubona ukukhetha kwakhe kuhambisana noSir Frank Williams, iNhloko yeQembu le-Williams F1, othi, ngokwezinye izitatimende zakhe, uthi “umshayeli uFelipe Massa unethalente elikhethekile futhi ungumlweli wangempela emzileni” .
Khumbula ukuthi uFelipe Massa, umshayeli wamanje we-Scuderia Ferrari kusukela ngo-2006, usewine ukunqoba kwemijaho eyi-11 kanye namapulatifomu angama-36 emsebenzini wakhe. Umshayeli, owake waba yingxenye ye-Sauber, ubengomunye wabantu abahamba phambili abaholela uFerrari ekunqobeni isicoco sabakhiqizi bomhlaba ngo-2007 nango-2008.
Ngakho-ke Ithimba likaWilliam F1 lizohlanganisa yonke imizamo yesizini ezayo, ukuze lizame ukunqoba isicoco salo sabakhi bomhlaba seshumi, isicoco abangakaze basinqobe kusukela ngo-1997.