The Williams team has unveiled its new car for the Formula 1 season, which begins within 28 days in Melbourne Australia Grand Prix, which has blue and white colors and introduces touches of red and have called it 'FW33'.
Although the car, with Cosworth engine, made its track debut on 1 February, the British team has been doing private testing to refine the set-up for the car to get the best possible to kick off the season. SAM MICHAEL
"The rules have changed and now you can do very little both in body and in the diffuser. The teams have had to be used to fund other areas and have had to take more risks than in the past"
Although the car, with Cosworth engine, made its track debut on 1 February, the British team has been doing private testing to refine the set-up for the car to get the best possible to kick off the season. SAM MICHAEL
"The rules have changed and now you can do very little both in body and in the diffuser. The teams have had to be used to fund other areas and have had to take more risks than in the past"
joint technical director, Sam Michael, said that teams had to take "greater risk" than in the past because there have been changes in regulation, but this makes it "good" for Formula 1, since all cars will look in a "different" than they did other seasons.
"If you look at the cars, are now coming to light some very interesting concepts, and that's because the rules have changed and now you can do very little both in body and in the diffuser. The teams have had to be used depth in other areas and have had to take more risks than in the past, "said Sam Michael to the media after the presentation of the 'FW33'.
addition, the Australian said the "most interesting designs" are their own brand, the Toro Rosso double floor and the front of the Renault, which "could have done it before, but dismissing because "the gain is very small compared to the assumed risk." "The cars look different and that's good for Formula 1, as they are different concepts," he said.
For its part, the Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado, which debuts this season, was present at the event, not the Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello, who did not attend as he was celebrating the fourteenth wedding anniversary with his wife in their homeland.
Both have signed some big records in the preseason, with Barrichello leading the times in the second session in Jerez. The two will again be at the controls of 'FW33' a from 8 March at the Montmelo circuit (Barcelona), as the Catalan track replaces Bahrain qualifying.