05 – AT&T Williams

Credit: Williams F1

Stats

• Team Principal: Frank Williams, Patrick Head
• Factory: Grove, UK
• Website: williamsf1.com
• Drivers: Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg
• F1 Debut: Argentina 1978
• Championships: 7 WDC, 9 WCC

Full WCC Results

• 1978 – 9th
• 1979 – 2nd
• 1980 – 1st
• 1981 – 1st
• 1982 – 4th
• 1983 – 4th
• 1984 – 6th
• 1985 – 3rd
• 1986 – 1st
• 1987 – 1st
• 1988 – 7th
• 1989 – 2nd
• 1990 – 4th
• 1991 – 2nd
• 1992 – 1st
• 1993 – 1st
• 1994 – 1st
• 1995 – 2nd
• 1996 – 1st
• 1997 – 1st
• 1998 – 3rd
• 1999 – 5th
• 2000 – 3rd
• 2001 – 3rd
• 2002 – 2nd
• 2003 – 2nd
• 2004 – 3rd
• 2005 – 5th
• 2006 – 8th
• 2007 – 4th
• 2008 – 8th
• 2009 – 7th
• 2010 -

2010 Preview

From the F1 Digest 2010 Season Preview:

Williams knew that this year they would be losing Nico Rosberg. He’s stuck by them since his career began, and whilst they’ve sometimes had pace, there wasn’t enough to keep the young German on board. I imagine, then, that he is kicking himself a little bit upon seeing the Williams in pre-season testing. Whilst we know, and I’ve said about a zillion times already this show, that you can’t hold any real stock in the times we’ve seen from Jerez and Barcelona, the Williams has seemed really quite impressive. The combination of Rubens Barrichello’s great experience, and Nico Hulkenberg’s new take on things seems to be developing the car in a new direction. We know that Rubens was good at developing towards the latter half of 2009, and that seems to have transferred to Williams as well.

The car itself had no real launch but appeared in testing in Valencia with the familiar blue and white livery. Before we clapped eyes on it, Sam Michael admitted that the entire car was a brand new design, which seemed like an odd decision as they had been improving in form through 2009 and things seemed to be on the up. Still, the FW32 is different, and it features a nose with just a bit of the dip on some of the more sculpted designs, and it’s quite wide, although nowhere near as prominent as the Renault. The sidepods look quite bulky to my untrained eye, and the front wing appears quite boxy.