Massa, 32, joins from grid rivals Ferrari, for whom he has raced since the 2006 season, with Pastor Maldonado axed by Williams.u00a0&quot;The Williams F1 Team is delighted to announce that Felipe Massa will join the team to drive alongside Valtteri Bottas for the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship season,&quot; a team statement said. <img alt="Felipe Massa" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Felipe-Massa.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 564px;" /> Felipe Massa. Pic/Getty Images &quot;The new line-up reflects Williams&#39; determination to bring success back to the team,&quot; added the statement, the marque having managed just a solitary point in the 2013 Formula One constructors&#39; championship with two rounds left.u00a0Massa&#39;s Grand Prix future was called into question when Ferrari announced they had re-signed Kimi Raikkonen for next season. Massa has won 11 races and recorded 36 podium finishes in 12 seasons of Grand Prix racing.u00a0He narrowly missed out on the 2008 drivers&#39; world title to Britain&#39;s Lewis Hamilton by just a single point but helped Ferrari win the constructors&#39; world title in both 2007 and 2008.u00a0Massa is currently eighth in the drivers&#39; standings for 2013, with Red Bull&#39;s Sebastian Vettel having already wrapped up his fourth successive Formula One title. &quot;We are delighted to be able to confirm our 2014 driver line-up and welcome Felipe into the Williams family,&quot; said team founder and principal Frank Williams.u00a0&quot;He is an exceptional talent and a real fighter on the race track; he also brings a wealth of experience as we begin a new chapter in our story.&quot; Massa said he was delighted to be joining another &quot;iconic&quot; team and one for whom Brazilian Grand Prix greats Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna had both raced.u00a0&quot;Williams is one of the most successful and important teams of all time in Formula One,&quot; Massa said. &quot;When I was a kid, I always dreamed about racing for Williams, Ferrari or McLaren and I&#39;m glad to be signing with another icon of the sport following my time at Ferrari.u00a0&quot;It is also nice to remember that some of the best Brazilian drivers raced for Williams and cemented a strong national link with the team. &quot;I hope my experience will be useful in helping the team in its effort to move on from a difficult period,&quot; he added.u00a0Bottas has yet to score a point in Formula One but Williams said he was heartened by the Finn&#39;s recent performance in qualifying third in Montreal. &quot;Valtteri is a valued member of the team and I&#39;m pleased he was able to demonstrate his talent in tricky conditions in Montreal.u00a0&quot;There is much more to come from him.&quot; Williams&#39; lone point of the season came courtesy of Maldonado&#39;s 10th-place finish in Hungary but the Venezuelan, 28, could now find himself filling the vacancy at Lotus caused by Raikkonen&#39;s move to Ferrari. &quot;The Williams F1 Team would like to take this opportunity to thank Pastor Maldonado for his efforts and contribution over the past three seasons, in particular delivering the team&#39;s Spanish Grand Prix victory last year.u00a0&quot;We wish him well for the future,&quot; the Williams statement said. No Williams driver has won the world championship since Canada&#39;s Jacques Villeneuve in 1997, the same year the team won the last of its nine constructors&#39; titles.

Williams have signed Brazil's Felipe Massa as one of their drivers for the 2014 Formula One season, the British team announced Monday.

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