AT&T Williams F1 Team reveal their 2011 season car FW33 livery which they will be going to use during the 2011 season.
Earlier the team had launched an interim car at Valencia Circuit on 1st Feb, 2011 with traditional navy blue colour.
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Williams said they would be competitive in 2011 as they unveiled their blue and white livery for the new season was shown for the first time from the British team's Oxfordshire headquarters.. The British team have come up with a unique rear design for the FW33 and appear to have taken a step forward in testing.
"All the testing has shown that we have a competitive car," said the team's technical director Sam Michael.
The design, particularly from the side where the familiar shapes and familiar red line is visible, strongly reminded nostalgic observers of the team's famous Rothmans cigarette liveries of the 1990's.
Michael highlighted Lotus Renault's forward exhaust and Toro Rosso's double floor as design innovations along with the Williams' tight rear end.
"These are all things that potentially some of them you could have done before, but you didn't because there was much bigger gains for much lower risk," he said.
"And I think that it is great for Formula One because the cars don't look the same, they do look different, and everyone's trying different concepts."
"We ended up with a pull-rod suspension to improve air to the rear wing. And that's really where the gearbox comes in as well, as the whole driving force behind it is to improve airflow to that rear lower wing," he said.
"We saw very early on in the aerodynamic development that this -- along with exhaust-blowing -- was going to be a key differentiator this year.
"The driveshaft angles that we have had to put the car through are very extreme. They are higher angles than anyone has ever done in Formula One before. It took a lot of dyno testing -- we've completed many thousands of kilometers."
Rubens Barrichello did not attend the launch after receiving permission to stay in Brazil for his wedding anniversary.
Williams claim it features the world's smallest gearbox which works with the new pull-rod rear suspension.
AT&T Williams announce partnership with Michael Caines MBE
The AT&T Williams team has announced a new partnership with Michael Caines for the 2011 Formula One season.
The announcement was made today during the unveiling of the team’s new racing livery and technical presentation of the FW33, after which guests were treated to a five course menu of Michael’s signature dishes.
Michael Caines is one of Britain's most acclaimed chefs. He was named AA Chef's Chef of the Year in 2007 and awarded an MBE in 2006 for services to the hospitality industry.
Michael is also Executive Chef at Gidleigh Park, the acclaimed and prestigious country house hotel on the edge of Dartmoor at Chagford, Devon, where he has earned his reputation, as well as two Michelin stars which he has retained for 12 years.
Gidleigh Park was recently rated the number one restaurant in the UK in The Sunday Times/Hardens Guide Top 100 British Restaurants.
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