Exclusive: First image of new Williams
Thursday, January 28th 2010, 16:07 GMT
Williams has broken cover with its new FW32 at Silverstone today, completing its first run ahead of a maiden test at Valencia next week.
AUTOSPORT's exclusive spy shot of the new car during a filming day shows it to be a radical departure from the team's 2009 challenger - featuring the Red Bull Racing-type high raised nose that could well become common throughout the grid
Williams' new driver Nico Hulkenberg gave the machine, in blue and white colours that have not yet been fully liveried, its first try out. The car was only fired up for the first time in the early hours of the morning.
Sam Michael, the Williams technical director, told AUTOSPORT recently that the car would be a big departure from the FW31.
"The FW32 is a clean-sheet design from front to back," he said. "It's pretty much brand new from an aerodynamic point of view."
"The fact that we had a consistent car across all of the tracks in 2009, and wiped out a lot of the vices that we had in the previous car, gives us confidence."
Williams is scheduled to join the majority of current teams at Valencia next week for the first official pre-season test, which begins on Monday.
Source: www.autosport.com
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 01:50 AM
"Giancarlo, you are still two seconds a lap slower than Fernando, this cannot be possible you have the same fuel load, I know you have some understeer but you cannot be two seconds slower, COME ON"!!!! - Alan Permane, Fisichella�s race engineer, 2006 Australian Grand Prix
"We're lucky we don't build aeroplanes" - Mark Webber on Red Bulls reliability issues at the Australian Grand Prix 2008.
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 06:23 AM
Looks like a horrible RB5 clone (not unlike every other car will be...).
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 01:53 PM
A lot more blue & a lil less White! Still nice!
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:55 PM
My candidate to win the cosworth cup
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 10:35 PM
Guy Frequelin, on 29 January 2010 - 03:55 PM, said:
My candidate to win the cosworth cup
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Posted 30 January 2010 - 01:01 AM
Guy Frequelin, on 29 January 2010 - 03:55 PM, said:
My candidate to win the cosworth cup
that's a good one we should keep track of that cup this season.
Kimi Raikkonen: It is the same thing that I said before. I have no interest in driving for a bad team next year. If I race here, I always try to finish as high as I can. I don't need anything to motivate me. If I drive, I drive to do my best and that is it.
jemstride:
"I get the feeling that Alonso fans tend to heap over-praise on Alonso and bring down Kimi whenever they can, with mere theories and unjustified statements."
I just always end up disagreeing with you guys because of all the huge exaggerations, myths, theories & unjustified statements
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I never go with expectations, I go with a target. That is to be at the front, and the ultimate aim to win, which is the mentality I have always gone racing with.
You've got to be on the limit all the time - and I love that, because that's how I love to race.
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Posted 30 January 2010 - 04:11 AM
Guy Frequelin, on 29 January 2010 - 03:55 PM, said:
My candidate to win the cosworth cup
Freakazoid, on 30 January 2010 - 01:01 AM, said:
that's a good one we should keep track of that cup this season.+ 1 Agree
"Giancarlo, you are still two seconds a lap slower than Fernando, this cannot be possible you have the same fuel load, I know you have some understeer but you cannot be two seconds slower, COME ON"!!!! - Alan Permane, Fisichella�s race engineer, 2006 Australian Grand Prix
"We're lucky we don't build aeroplanes" - Mark Webber on Red Bulls reliability issues at the Australian Grand Prix 2008.
Nathan is: .............. ??
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Posted 30 January 2010 - 02:58 PM
2008-"Hey, I think we're in for a good year!"
2009-"Yep, we meant in for a good year THIS YEAR, not 2008...."
2010-"We can be world champions again! Yehaw!"
Yep. Like McLaren's "another year, another ugly car" deal, Williams' is "another year, another bunch over overhyped promises!"
Anyway, looks like a pretty nice car. I actually think it's the nicest looking out of the three we've seen so far. I'd really like to see Williams do well this year, it would be a feel-good story, but really, I think it'll be the same old. The front.......of the midpack.
2009-"Yep, we meant in for a good year THIS YEAR, not 2008...."
2010-"We can be world champions again! Yehaw!"
Yep. Like McLaren's "another year, another ugly car" deal, Williams' is "another year, another bunch over overhyped promises!"
Anyway, looks like a pretty nice car. I actually think it's the nicest looking out of the three we've seen so far. I'd really like to see Williams do well this year, it would be a feel-good story, but really, I think it'll be the same old. The front.......of the midpack.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 11:05 AM
Here is the youtube clip of the spy shots for the FW32, all looks a little planned for me 
Edited by aussief1, 31 January 2010 - 11:06 AM.
"Giancarlo, you are still two seconds a lap slower than Fernando, this cannot be possible you have the same fuel load, I know you have some understeer but you cannot be two seconds slower, COME ON"!!!! - Alan Permane, Fisichella�s race engineer, 2006 Australian Grand Prix
"We're lucky we don't build aeroplanes" - Mark Webber on Red Bulls reliability issues at the Australian Grand Prix 2008.
Nathan is: .............. ??
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:24 PM
Crap vid! There's no way that engine is an F1 engine & how did they not get noticed??
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:38 PM
A not too clever attempt at making something viral. Either the dumbest, most incompetant security crew in existence of this "spy" Sh#t is all just a ruse. I say ruse, and a poor attempt at one too.
"Obviously I am pleased to have many fans. Who would not want? But to be honest, I have no idea why people like me."
"Do you really think I would be here if it was just about money?" Raikkonen hit back. "I do enough fun things in my spare time than to have to listen to this bullsh*t."
"There is always a lot of talk about the motivation but nobody really knows what I do or what I think except for myself, so I don't really care about what people say."
"There's always talk about my motivation, written by people who don't know me and couldn't have an idea on how strong my motivation is. If I didn't feel I had the motivation, I would stop. My feeling is that I probably drove some of my best races in my last season in Formula One and I was very happy with my performance. I've never had any issues with motivation."
Vodka, ice-creams in the garage, rallying, snow-mobile racing, gorilla suit connoisseur,hitched to former miss Finland, James Hunt appeal, a vacant stare, talks like a Dalek, 1970s caps, Elton John glasses and some people call this guy boring? I wish we had more characters like him in F1 
"Do you really think I would be here if it was just about money?" Raikkonen hit back. "I do enough fun things in my spare time than to have to listen to this bullsh*t."
"There is always a lot of talk about the motivation but nobody really knows what I do or what I think except for myself, so I don't really care about what people say."
"There's always talk about my motivation, written by people who don't know me and couldn't have an idea on how strong my motivation is. If I didn't feel I had the motivation, I would stop. My feeling is that I probably drove some of my best races in my last season in Formula One and I was very happy with my performance. I've never had any issues with motivation."
Vodka, ice-creams in the garage, rallying, snow-mobile racing, gorilla suit connoisseur,
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 03:01 PM
Is that a teaser from the upcoming "The Frank Witch Project"?
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"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 10:44 PM
Quiet One, on 31 January 2010 - 03:01 PM, said:
Is that a teaser from the upcoming "The Frank Witch Project"?
Classic
"Giancarlo, you are still two seconds a lap slower than Fernando, this cannot be possible you have the same fuel load, I know you have some understeer but you cannot be two seconds slower, COME ON"!!!! - Alan Permane, Fisichella�s race engineer, 2006 Australian Grand Prix
"We're lucky we don't build aeroplanes" - Mark Webber on Red Bulls reliability issues at the Australian Grand Prix 2008.
Nathan is: .............. ??
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 01:53 AM
What ever the stuff is at the front o the nose, be it cameras or otherwise is awfully ugly and should go. Can't see that it obviously helps aero either.
Another Red Bull clone. Thought that they'd lost RBS as well but I guess not, no new livery. Looks ok. About what I was expecting. Very understated launch as well.
Another Red Bull clone. Thought that they'd lost RBS as well but I guess not, no new livery. Looks ok. About what I was expecting. Very understated launch as well.
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