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Williams have revealed a new look livery for their 2020 Formula One team, revealing render images of the FW43 prior to hitting the circuit to shakedown the car prior to commencement of pre-season testing.
Already well up on 2019 by virtue of actually having a car to bring to the circuit before testing begins, 2020 has started on a positive footing for the Williams team, revealing earlier today a new livery design and upgraded car for the start of the new racing season.
Original Source: Williams F1
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Already well up on 2019 by virtue of actually having a car to bring to the circuit before testing begins, 2020 has started on a positive footing for the Williams team, revealing earlier today a new livery design and upgraded car for the start of the new racing season.
Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal, said: “This year marks a fresh start for the team. We have spent time addressing our areas of weakness and have ensured that we have the right people, structures, procedures and resource in place to deliver competitive race cars. We are all committed to re-building Williams and returning the team to competitiveness. As such, our 2020 campaign is about making progress. The fighting spirit is still very much alive, and this year, everyone will continue that fight until we get back to where we want to be.”
Design Director, Doug McKiernan, commented: “The team at the factory have been working incredibly hard on the development of the car for the 2020 season.
“We have paid significant attention to understanding the problem areas of the FW42 and we have carefully chosen parts of the car to develop, those that would give us the most performance for the resources we have. The main concept behind the FW43 is that it is a continuous development of the FW42, with no fundamental concept changes to the layout. The most important indicator that we are on the right path will be the level of correlation we have between the tool kit we use to design the car and what the track data is telling us.
“There has been a healthy development rate in the wind tunnel, and we have found reasonable improvements in the cooling efficiency. The team has addressed the mechanical issues that affected it in 2019, these include the brakes and the overall weight of the car. We have made some good progress across these areas and will continue to focus on them during the season.”
Following the image reveal for the new machine, Williams hit the Barcelona circuit alongside rivals Haas and Renault, performing a successful shakedown of the car as they use up their 100km of allocated 'filming time'.Original Source: Williams F1
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