Williams FW30
Posted by **Taylor**
The new Williams FW30 was unveiled at the Valencia circuit on Monday before completing an installation lap as fog covered the Spanish circuit.
German test driver Nico Hulkenberg was the man in charge of completing the first run with the new car from the British squad, who will not hold an official launch this year.
Williams could complete just one lap as the circuit was closed due to the thick fog, which made it impossible for drivers to see the track properly.
The Toyota-powered FW30 is expected to continue with its first run as soon as the circuit is opened.
Renault were also hoping to begin testing their new R28 today, but the team had to stay in the garage due to the weather conditions.
Looks quite neat & tidy IMO - Hopefully it'll be worthy of Nico's talent...
German test driver Nico Hulkenberg was the man in charge of completing the first run with the new car from the British squad, who will not hold an official launch this year.
Williams could complete just one lap as the circuit was closed due to the thick fog, which made it impossible for drivers to see the track properly.
The Toyota-powered FW30 is expected to continue with its first run as soon as the circuit is opened.
Renault were also hoping to begin testing their new R28 today, but the team had to stay in the garage due to the weather conditions.
Looks quite neat & tidy IMO - Hopefully it'll be worthy of Nico's talent...
wow looking nice
Looks great hopefully it will be fast too 
There's nothing at the back end. Just what looks like a girder over the gearbox to support the rear light. Awesome. :D
The front's got a bit of the RB3 about it, and those suspension covers/camera mounts at the front look pure evil.
Love the livery, though those 3 stripes upfront spoil it. Shame they won't be keeping it.
The front's got a bit of the RB3 about it, and those suspension covers/camera mounts at the front look pure evil.
Love the livery, though those 3 stripes upfront spoil it. Shame they won't be keeping it.
The one iam looking forward too
Need to wait for better pics though I guess. That livery is going to be a bastard for wanting to look at its details!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Need to wait for better pics though I guess. That livery is going to be a bastard for wanting to look at its details!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
marcl schreef:
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> Alot of teams seem to have taken the mclaren
> approach at the front, so far toyota, williams,
> bmw, rbr.
Yeah, i saw that too, and most of them didn't even bother to approach it on their own manner, the bridge wing is just copied exactly on at least the Williams, Renault, RBR.
The williams looks nice however, i do like the livery in all it's boring simplicity, it makes the car look clean.
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Some say... he's even smaller than 20kb.
And some say... he's so offensive he could get you into trouble...
The only thing we know is that he's called...
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Felipe Massa, World Champion 15:34:11pm- 15:34:21pm.
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> Alot of teams seem to have taken the mclaren
> approach at the front, so far toyota, williams,
> bmw, rbr.
Yeah, i saw that too, and most of them didn't even bother to approach it on their own manner, the bridge wing is just copied exactly on at least the Williams, Renault, RBR.
The williams looks nice however, i do like the livery in all it's boring simplicity, it makes the car look clean.
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Some say... he's even smaller than 20kb.
And some say... he's so offensive he could get you into trouble...
The only thing we know is that he's called...
THE SIG
Felipe Massa, World Champion 15:34:11pm- 15:34:21pm.
Wow!! Looking great. Best looking car (so far) this year.
marcl Wrote:
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> I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car, he
> went off and damaged it
Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies, i guess ever since Senna, and since he let him go, but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do. however do we know if he spun or it was a mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage, like Alonso Spa 2004..
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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> I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car, he
> went off and damaged it
Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies, i guess ever since Senna, and since he let him go, but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do. however do we know if he spun or it was a mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage, like Alonso Spa 2004..
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
chet Wrote:
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> marcl Wrote:
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> -----
> > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car, he
> > went off and damaged it
>
>
> Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies, i
> guess ever since Senna, and since he let him go,
> but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> however do we know if he spun or it was a
> mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage, like
> Alonso Spa 2004..
not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big mistake
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/21/2008 05:52PM by vesuvius.
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> marcl Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car, he
> > went off and damaged it
>
>
> Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies, i
> guess ever since Senna, and since he let him go,
> but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> however do we know if he spun or it was a
> mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage, like
> Alonso Spa 2004..
not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big mistake
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/21/2008 05:52PM by vesuvius.
vesuvius schreef:
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> chet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > marcl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car,
> he
> > > went off and damaged it
> >
> >
> > Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies,
> i
> > guess ever since Senna, and since he let him
> go,
> > but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> > however do we know if he spun or it was a
> > mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage,
> like
> > Alonso Spa 2004..
>
>
> not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big
> mistake
He let Alonso go, and much more, but you cant have all the good rookies, but the rookies he had where quite good.
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> chet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > marcl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car,
> he
> > > went off and damaged it
> >
> >
> > Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies,
> i
> > guess ever since Senna, and since he let him
> go,
> > but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> > however do we know if he spun or it was a
> > mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage,
> like
> > Alonso Spa 2004..
>
>
> not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big
> mistake
He let Alonso go, and much more, but you cant have all the good rookies, but the rookies he had where quite good.
vesuvius Wrote:
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> chet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > marcl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car,
> he
> > > went off and damaged it
> >
> >
> > Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies,
> i
> > guess ever since Senna, and since he let him
> go,
> > but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> > however do we know if he spun or it was a
> > mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage,
> like
> > Alonso Spa 2004..
>
>
> not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big
> mistake
did he... ? as far as i know macca picked kimi up quick... as for alonso, briatorie did the same but with senna frank had the chance to sign him after testing him and lost him... he later said one of the reasons he signed jenson was because he was never going to let a young quick rookie go again after seeing what senna turned out to be. sadly jbs stats are not the same
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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> chet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > marcl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I find it a bit silly for williams to let a
> > > complete rockie do the 1st laps in the car,
> he
> > > went off and damaged it
> >
> >
> > Frank Williams has always had faith in rookies,
> i
> > guess ever since Senna, and since he let him
> go,
> > but yeah this was rather a silly thing to do.
> > however do we know if he spun or it was a
> > mechanical problem.. ? or even oil spillage,
> like
> > Alonso Spa 2004..
>
>
> not always !!! he let Kimi go and that was a big
> mistake
did he... ? as far as i know macca picked kimi up quick... as for alonso, briatorie did the same but with senna frank had the chance to sign him after testing him and lost him... he later said one of the reasons he signed jenson was because he was never going to let a young quick rookie go again after seeing what senna turned out to be. sadly jbs stats are not the same
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
gav Wrote:
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> Love the livery, though those 3 stripes upfront
> spoil it. Shame they won't be keeping it.
I read that that particular livery is designed to thank Williams' fans, team members and previous sponsors. Apparently the names of 500 odd current staff members and 85 previous sponsors are on the car- which all I can think of are listed in very small writing in the three columns on the nose.
Very sexy car...
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> Love the livery, though those 3 stripes upfront
> spoil it. Shame they won't be keeping it.
I read that that particular livery is designed to thank Williams' fans, team members and previous sponsors. Apparently the names of 500 odd current staff members and 85 previous sponsors are on the car- which all I can think of are listed in very small writing in the three columns on the nose.
Very sexy car...
yeh saw that the williams is looking promising really hope they cna challenge for podiums this year
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