New Williams

[kevin ritson]

Another nice looking car....perhaps these rules aren't as bad as we feared

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72860

[zac510]

It seems the solid white colours (I'm looking at you BMW) on the front wing don't show it well.. But dark colours like the Williams blue hide its width.

[kevin ritson]

Notice they've signed up Nico Hulkenberg as their test driver. They seem to be doing a Red Bull and employing drivers with similar names

[35secToNuvolari]

Looks like they're gonna put an unholy amount of ballast in the nose.

[german tony]

A. That dark blue is 'cos they haven't got any cash from a title sponsor.

B. It's still pig ugly, like the rest of them.

[Altrezia]

Great looking in that picture. Best looking one yet?

[35secToNuvolari]

german tony said:

A. That dark blue is 'cos they haven't got any cash from a title sponsor.

B. It's still pig ugly, like the rest of them.

Is that why the team isn't known as ATT-Williams....Wait.

[[k]arl]

Some better (larger) pics:

Front view
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/117095.jpg

Front 3/4 view
http://www.f1today.nl/fotos/qzkupu3w1.jpg

Side-on
http://i43.tinypic.com/awdxr4.jpg

Looks interesting - I like the nose; the bumps on top of the sidepods remind me of a Benetton from some years ago. The airbox seems to have sprouted a pair of supplementary intakes - for cooling the KERS flywheel perhaps?

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[RacerMDR]

now that is nice IMHO.......

[freedman]

Best looking one so far, though I guess thats mainly down to the colour scheme

[cj_eds]

I don't know if its just a case of getting used to them, but the actual cars seem to all look so much better than the test mules being churned out before Christmas. Personally I still think the rear wing looks too narrow, although its great to see the cars are no longer a complicated series of funny little blades and winglets and bumps instead of nice sweeping curves.

[Red Firecracker]

german tony said:

A. That dark blue is 'cos they haven't got any cash from a title sponsor.

The dark blue is because it's their winter testing colours, as per previous years the final livery is revealed in February. Bit like McLaren when they used the rather nice orange.

The nose looks rather interesting though.

[mister.t]

Still no real looker, but probably the best so far!

[garycat]

35secToNuvolari said:

german tony said:

A. That dark blue is 'cos they haven't got any cash from a title sponsor.

B. It's still pig ugly, like the rest of them.

Is that why the team isn't known as ATT-Williams....Wait.

Is it? Because I can't see any reference to ATT on the body.

I bet RBS are trying hard to get out of their sponsorship agreement after the loss they posted today.

[dpbird90]

Looks the best out of them all, including the McLaren

[MrKipling43]

garycat said:

Is it? Because I can't see any reference to ATT on the body.

I bet RBS are trying hard to get out of their sponsorship agreement after the loss they posted today.

Yeah that was a rather canny bit of salesmanship by whomever looks after Williams sponsorships. IIRC they negotiated a 'title sponsor' (the most attractive F1 'partnership) at a greatly reduced rate on the grounds that AT&T wouldn't actually appear that prominently anywhere other than in the name. This allows them to reap in pretty big money on a 'title sponsor' deal and still leave plenty of space on the car for other major sponsors like RBS.

[Funk]

I like the look of the new cars, I think they look purer than last year's designs. Let's hope the racing's up to scratch this year.

[garycat]

kevin ritson said:

Notice they've signed up Nico Hulkenberg as their test driver. They seem to be doing a Red Bull and employing drivers with similar names

They taking Max's advice and saving money on driver name stickers. Torro Rosso went even further with Bourdais, Vettel, Buemi and Loeb.

[stew-S160]

wow them sidepods are HIGH. the nose seems to harrow then get wider which is weird. it's better looking than some we've seen so far.

[Killer2005]

freedman said:

Best looking one so far, though I guess thats mainly down to the colour scheme