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Williams FW24
Formula One racing car
Formula One racing car
Gavin Fisher (Chief Designer) Brian O'Roake (Chief Composites Engineer) Mark Tatham (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Steve Wise (Head of Electronics) Geoff Willis (Head of Aerodynamics) Jason Somerville (Principal Aerodynamicist) Nick Alcock (Principal Aerodynamicist) Werner Laurenz (Technical Engine Director - BMW) Heinz Paschen (Chief Designer, Engine - BMW) 6. COL Juan Pablo Montoya | Turbo/NA = naturally aspirated The Williams FW24 was the Formula One car with which the Williams team competed in the 2002 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by German Ralf Schumacher and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. Test drivers were Marc Gené, Giorgio Pantano and Antônio Pizzonia.
Design and development
The car was closely based on the previous year's FW23, and powered by a development of the ultra-powerful BMW engine from 2001.
Season summary
Ralf Schumacher scored the team's only win of the season in Malaysia, and Juan Pablo Montoya finishing second saw the team register their first 1-2 finish since the 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix.
Montoya set a run of five consecutive pole positions with the car in midseason (eventually getting seven during the season), and completed the then fastest lap of any circuit in Formula 1 history during qualifying, setting pole position at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix with a lap average of 161.449 mph (259.827 km/h), completing the lap in 1:20.264, breaking the record previously set by former Williams driver Keke Rosberg at the 1985 British Grand Prix at Silverstone who lapped at an average of 160.9 mph (258.9 km/h) in his Honda turbo-powered Williams FW10.
Williams finished second in the Constructors' Championship but over 100 points behind Ferrari, with Montoya and Schumacher third and fourth respectively in the Drivers' Championship.
Sponsorship and livery
The primary colours of the FW24 were white and blue. Williams began the season with Compaq sponsorship. However, from the British Grand Prix onwards, the team had title sponsorship from Hewlett-Packard, following the merger between the two companies.
In France, to satisfy regulations banning the advertising of alcohol, the Veltins logo was replaced with "V??????".
Other use
On 3 December 2002, Nico Rosberg conducted his first ever test in a Formula One car in a Williams FW24 Circuit de Catalunya. At the time, he became the youngest person ever to drive a Formula One car.
In 2003, 4-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon drove the FW24 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC | Sources: | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | BMW P82 V10 | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | 92 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Ralf Schumacher | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11† | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 11† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COL Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 2 | *5* | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | *Ret* | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 |
Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
References
- "Atlas F1 News Service, 2002 Teams: BMW.WilliamsF1".
- "WilliamsF1 goes HP".
- "Rosberg prepares for Williams test".
- "All championship race entries, in an Williams FW24". ChicaneF1.
- "Williams FW24". StatsF1.
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