2008 A Landmark Year for Williams F1
Today, to inaugurate the start of Williams’ thirtieth
year of Formula One racing, the team will unveil the first
of six winter test liveries designed to celebrate a sequence
of landmarks that will take place when the 2008 FIA Formula
One World Championship gets underway in March later this year.
As the two FW29B interim cars roll out at the Jerez de la
Frontera circuit to start the team’s preparation and
testing for 2008, the car livery will include references to
the company’s 30th year of racing1 and its 500th entry
in a Formula One Grand Prix, a milestone that will be recorded
at the Turkish Grand Prix this season. In addition, the team
will record its 50,000 racing lap during the forthcoming year,
potentially during the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona assuming
both FW30s demonstrate a complete finishing record to this
point in the season.
In addition to these company milestones, the Monaco Grand
Prix will be Frank Williams’ 600th Formula One Grand
Prix as an entrant, and with a personal record that will span
39 years (and only 23 races missed in almost four decades),
he will become the sport’s longest enduring entrant,
surpassing the record of the legendary Enzo Ferrari.
The team will release its second winter livery at the Valencia
test next week, which is also scheduled to be the first run
for the team’s 2008 race car, the FW30, which will make
its track debut on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. In total, six
themed liveries will be run across the two month winter testing
campaign in Spain prior to the team’s full racing colours
being released prior to the season’s inaugural race
in Melbourne, Australia on March 16, 2008.
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