Williams 2011 Car Launched

Once again Williams have rolled out a Testing livery that looks great, that will be replaced with a boring new one with to much white come race 1 :(

Pretty much every Williams test livery over the last 5 or so years has looked better than the eventual race livery :(
 
No problem regarding rear brake cooling then. Gaps everywhere :p

I really like the look of the new Williams. One of the best besides the Ferrari. Could do with the fact I'm a Ferrari fan though.
 
hmmm, i don't like the look of it that much, it looks like something that parker from thunderbirds should be driving that chic about in.... think it would be faster than what he currently drives the chic about in tho fo sure.
 
Lopéz said:
Thanks for the history lesson, how come you know bog-all about Lotus? :p
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Quote of the season! :D

Anyway that article seemed interesting in how Williams have targeted the rear wing as the main area performance can be increased as their idea could be rather innovative. They did express some surprise as the fully blown floor which could show what the rest of the seasons development will entail... (and I didnt realise Torro Rosso had something new in the double floor idea)
 
Lopéz said:
Thanks for the history lesson, how come you know bog-all about Lotus? :p
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When I started watching F1, what I saw of Lotus was not very impressive. Basically, they were one of the teams who used to make up the numbers and bring up the rear of the grid. They weren't up to much. They used to get lapped every single race and thats only if they could finish a single race.

I think their last race was in 1994 and in that season (I just checked the stats) they finished 19 races from 32 starts. For their troubles, they scored a grand total of 0 points. That's basically what I remember of Lotus.

Lotus were lacking in performance last year (which was to be expected as they were new and was to be expected), but in the mid 90's, Lotus were REALLY bad. Eventually, they were put out of their misery and just disappeared.

I tend not to learn much about a team if they are really bad...and Lotus were about as bad as it gets.
 
sunama said:
I tend not to learn much about a team if they are really bad...and Lotus were about as bad as it gets.
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lol wut? What about the history of the sport, not an area that interests you?

Anyway, I wonder how long it is until we see another team going along the same route as the rear end on this?
 
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Pete19s said:
lol wut? What about the history of the sport, not an area that interests you?
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Hehehe. Nope. I'm not really a historian. It's nice to know stuff that happened say 0-20 years ago, but beyond that...I don't feel the need.

Obviously I know that Lotus had good success in the mid 70's, but I don't feel the need to know every single detail of this.

The days of Lotus doing well are over (for the foreseeable future) and I can't get excited over them coming back to the sport...unless they can bring with them huge sponsorship (to develop the car) and sign Alonso or Hamilton.

Pete19s said:
Anyway, I wonder how long it is until we see another team going along the same route as the rear end on this?
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If the Williams is shown to be a quick car, other teams will take interest. If they believe the rear end is what is giving them an advantage, it will be copied. However, if the Williams car is shown to be slow, I'm not sure if any of the teams will bother taking too much notice and spending the time/money to look into modifying their own cars.

...and going by the early indications, the Williams team have produced another mid-field runner. Nothing special. If a team are going to look at copying ideas, they will tend to look at RBR or Ferrari, as these are the fast cars.
 
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sunama said:
McLaren were able to use their commercial (road car) profits and plough them into their racing team.
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This would be their 2 independent cars, one of which was made at a huge loss (approx $3 million per car) and one that hasn't generated any revenue yet. Or are you thinking of the SLR where virtually all the profits went back to Stuttgart?
 
timbob said:
Interesting article here:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89239

The minimal bodywork and shrinking is all to do with clearing the path for the air to reach the lower element of the rear wing, which Williams think (due to the banned double decker diffusers) will be a key performance element this year.

I wish them well, it's great to see the last of the properly independent, old fashioned "British Engineering" teams being properly innovative.
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wolvers69 said:
It's all about the lower rear wing.
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Maldonado seems to of done alright today.
 
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wolvers69 said:
Maldonado seems to of done alright today.
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As generally pointed out, the first test times mean very little as they are just learning about the car and how to set it up. It's as useful to look at how many laps they have achieved and how consistent the stints are before we can start gauging the performance of the cars...

That said still nice to see the new kid getting somewhere (even if he is bringing sponsorship to the team and is to an extent a pay driver)
 
sunama said:
Hehehe. Nope. I'm not really a historian. It's nice to know stuff that happened say 0-20 years ago, but beyond that...I don't feel the need.

Obviously I know that Lotus had good success in the mid 70's, but I don't feel the need to know every single detail of this.
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Funny. For someone that really isn't that interested in history, you seemed quite keen to tell us about everything Williams did just fifteen years ago.
 
Weebull said:
Funny. For someone that really isn't that interested in history, you seemed quite keen to tell us about everything Williams did just fifteen years ago.
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Like I said, 0-20 years ago (for me), is relevant. Stuff that happened when i wasn't even born isn't important to me.

Added to the fact that Williams were my favourite team and produced the best cars in the early - mid 90s, I am more likely to remember their exploits than the Lotus team who were busy breaking down and getting lapped.
 
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