LONDON, Feb 17 — Williams showed off their new Formula One car with fighting talk on Monday as the former champions seek to revive their fortunes after finishing last with just one point in a dismal 2019 campaign. The British-based team presented the FW43 as an evolution of last year’s...
Williams' Nicholas Latifi in action during practice at the Jose Carlos Pace Circuit, Sao Paulo November 15, 2019. — Reuters pic
“This year marks a fresh start for the team,” said deputy principal Claire Williams in a statement after images of the car were released online. Once-dominant Williams have not won a grand prix since Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado’s triumph in Spain in 2012. Before that they last won in 2004.They have scored only eight points, the equivalent of one sixth place, in the last two years. The speed of the decline has been shocking, with Williams third in the championship in 2014 and 2015.
“There has been a healthy development rate in the wind tunnel, and we have found reasonable improvements in the cooling efficiency.
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