Williams 2011 Car Launched

Duke · 1 Feb 2011 at 08:47

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/02/01/williams-fw33-revealed-first-pictures/

Danthus · 1 Feb 2011 at 09:31

It looks like the radiator covers have several channels in them to force air over the back of the car.

wolvers · 1 Feb 2011 at 09:42

Back end looks pretty radical.

Flibster · 1 Feb 2011 at 10:00

Loving the retro paintjob. Always do with the Williams cars.
Woudl love to see more pictures before I start trying to work out what they've done.

Couple of teams have gone the hammerhead route though. Mounting the front cameras right on the end of the nose.

CaptainRAVE · 1 Feb 2011 at 10:46

One ugly car. Hope they get some good results this year though, Williams really deserve it.

Duke · 1 Feb 2011 at 10:55

More pics:

unKn0wn · 1 Feb 2011 at 11:19

I like that. One the best IMO

wolvers · 1 Feb 2011 at 11:28

Can someone post this pic please;

http://twitpic.com/3vey8x

I can't access twitpic here.

GravyMonster · 1 Feb 2011 at 11:32

Here you go.

Looks more sparse than the back of the RB7

Danthus · 1 Feb 2011 at 11:36

wolvers · 1 Feb 2011 at 11:41

Thanks. Looks weird, like there's bodywork missing.

PinkFloyd · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:19

Interesting looking car. There seems to be a lot more variation than I was expecting between cars.

SPARC · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:23

Really do like the livery of this years Williams. It almost looks black from the on track pictures, that makes me smile. I think they forgot to put the last foot of body work onto the rear end of the car by the looks of things

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deuse · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:23

PinkFloyd said:
Interesting looking car. There seems to be a lot more variation than I was expecting between cars.

Agree. It looks a stunning car.

GravyMonster · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:28

SPARC said:
Really do like the livery of this years Williams. It almost looks black from the on track pictures, that makes me smile. I think they forgot to put the last foot of body work onto the rear end of the car by the looks of things .

Shame to burst the bubble, but this livery is only for testing. Come the next test (or possibly the start of the season) their fully sponsored up livery will be on the car.

@ScarbsF1 said:
Wiliams FW33 have done away with the void above the gearbox, put the diff right low down, there's hardly anything there! Even the upper rear wishbone mounts to the rear wing mounting pylon...!

Sounds like Williams have been the most radical of the designs so far.

SPARC · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:31

Spunkey said:
... this livery is only for testing ...

Really?

, well I just hope they keep the final version clean like they have above. In the end I just want them to be mixing it with some of the top teams while looking stunning doing it

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GravyMonster · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:37

Same - been far too long since Williams were near the sharp end.

Here's a clearer shot of their trick new rear suspension.

Flibster · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:45

Thats is a fantastic rear end. Really surprised by how small they have made that. Lets hope that it's strong enough.

GravyMonster · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:47

Reverse angle this time.

You can see why there's a big space now - the diff and gearbox are both attached directly to the floor, which then has the rear wing pylon attached to that, which then has the upper rear wishbones attached to that!

suj999 · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:54

think the merc's look nicer..