Both drivers retired from the first two races of the season. The definitive livery was released on 24 February, adding white, silver and red to the existing dark blue in a design directly inspired by the Rothmans livery used from 1994 to 1997.ĭuring the course of the season, it became clear that the car was much less competitive than the Williams FW32 as the car tended to lack pace and struggled in races. The car was shaken down at Silverstone on 28 January 2011, and made its full on-track debut at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, on 1 February 2011 in an interim testing livery. It was driven by Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello and 2010 GP2 Series champion and rookie driver Pastor Maldonado. The Williams FW33 was a Formula One racing car developed by Williams F1 for the 2011 Formula One season.

Seven-speed sequential semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear electro-hydraulically actuated seamless-shift

But I'm not expecting it to be a problem because the new gearbox has the same stiffness characteristics as the old one,' Michaels said.Carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoqueĬarbon-fibre double wishbone arrangement, with composite toelink and pushrod-activated springs and anti-roll barĪs front, except pullrod activated rear dampersĬosworth CA2011k 2.4 L (146 cu in) 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM with KERS naturally aspirated mid-mounted 'With gearbox usage increasing from four to five races this year, reliability is vital. Another innovation is the very compact gearbox, the smallest one ever produced by Williams, which is mounted very low compared to other cars. The FW33 attracted the attention during the pre-season testing days in Spain with its compact rear end and extreme angled rear drive shafts. But he has a level of maturity that is higher and that is quite encouraging.' On his few couple of days at Valencia we looked at his data compared to Rubens, we could see he has a natural talent.' And added, 'Pastor is a rookie, he will make a few mistakes and he will have a few crashes, every rookie does. About new Williams diver 25-year old Maldonado Michael was very positive, 'Pastor has come along as a rookie, but I must say the job he has done during testing we have had so far has been very good.

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