Williams FW30

[manchild]

[axle]

<- Williams Fan.

Jury still out.

Need more pics!

[Sawtooth-spike]

Ahh you beat me to it!

I was wondering if it was a spec-ed up version of last years car. But the more i looked it seemed like a new car.

Cant see alot from just the front. Bridge wing as expected, elements over suspension.

[Principessa]

It should be the new FW30 but in winter test livery. I've emailed with the team earlier this month and they confirmed what Sam Michael said that the new car would be on track for the first time at Valencia.

I'm still awaiting pictures from the team to get a better view of the car but they are not available yet.

[joseff]

Looks like an RB3 esp. with the dark blue color. Clearly an all-new car, not an evolution over the FW28/29 design.

Interestingly they chose to copy the McNose as McLaren themselves change their design. The front + rear wings look like regular Williams items, aside from the bridged element. A novel feature is the nose camera being mounted away from the body, at the end of the winglets.

The combo podvanes + chimney look like MP4-22. The chimneys now exit from the top (although blocked) rather than to the sides as with the FW29.

No signs of the on-again, off-again wheel fairings.

[Spencifer_Murphy]

Obviously we'll have to wait until the fog lifts for some decent pictures, but this one from ITV-f1's website is a little bit better:



I'm liking the integrated podvanes & chimney's - bit like the Mclaren idea

EDIT: Also I just noticed, the sidepods look TINY - at least around the bottom where they meet the floor. Maybe its just the angle of the picture. But I'm liking what I'm seeing thus far.

[ben_watkins]

McLaren 3 element front wing with bridge wing too...

[Roland Ehnström]

Certainly looks like a brand new design. Looks good! =D>

The sidepods really do look very low, almost like the BMW F1.08. The nose looks Renault to me, with a McLaren-like wing. The mid wing (in front of the rear wing) is "twisted", similar to the Red Bull RB4, which makes it different from Ferrari and McLaren, who have a much straighter wing there.

Nice sticker on the side of the rear wing (and sidepod) too.

[axle]

Does look like they've managed to tighten up the packaging around the sides...probably thanks to be able to design this car around the Toyota engine and it's requirements.

Can't wait for more detailed pictures!!

[joseff]

And there he went... on his first outing with a new car, Nico Huelkenberg managed to beach it.

[Principessa]

Pictures of the FW30 are now available in our gallery
http://www.f1technical.net/gallery/v/Wi ... 30/Launch/

More will follow

[Principessa]

Perhaps I'm mistaken as it's not easy to see with the dark livery, but I believe that the sidepods are very small and that they look similar to the R28.

[Rob W]

Interesting also that they've got Adidas on-board as a sponsor... I assume the team-member's names on the front of the car are forming an Adidas three-stripe design.

R

[modbaraban]

Are you sure about Adidas? (never heard of the deal, but it looks very much like /// )

The nose looks very much like this one:




the wing is different tho.

[Rob W]

Are you sure about Adidas? (never heard of the deal, but it looks very much like /// )

The 'three stripe' pattern is a globally registered trademark of Adidas' for sure. The Williams art is so close to their design it surely isn't just 'artwork'? Williams wouldn't make the mistake of designing something so similar surely?

Likewise, they don't seem to have Puma on any of their overalls anymore (which they did last season) - although the pit crew shoes look like they're still wearing Puma shoes - the photos are a bit small to see properly.

R