Tech Analysis: Williams FW29
After a disastrous year at Williams it is a case of 'all-change' on the new FW29. The team has concentrated on the reliability issues that hampered them so much last year and with a new Toyota engine in the back, Craig Scarborough asks, could their new progressive design actually out-smart their new suppliers?
The 2007 season could not come quick enough for the people at Williams. Last year, strong pre-season testing form developed high expectations that the Cosworth-powered machine simply could not live up to. The season proved to be a real let down and the team hung their heads as a lack of pace and chronic unreliability proved impossible to hide.
Hide, though, is something that Williams do not do. The team's principal players openly admitted at last week's launch that their failures in 2006 were unacceptable and there was a clear cry of 'must do better' as the wraps came off the new Toyota-powered FW29, the car that must get the team back on track.
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