Williams FW24 F1 BMW

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.[2]

In France, to satisfy regulations banning the advertising of alcohol, the Veltins logo was replaced with "V??????".

from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_FW24