Williams drives back into the black


Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil (front) drives ahead of Force India Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg of Germany (L) and his teammate Sergio Perez of Mexico during the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, south of Manama April 6, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One team Williams returned to profit last year, despite a poor season on the track for the former world champions, helped by a one-off payment from outgoing sponsor PDVSA.

State-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA paid out for an early termination of its sponsorship deal when driver Pastor Maldonado left Williams for Lotus at the end of last season.

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