Williams FW24
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 The FW24 of Ralf Schumacher | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Williams | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Patrick Head (Technical Director) Gavin Fisher (Chief Designer) Brian O'Roake (Chief Composites Engineer) Mark Tatham (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Geoff Willis (Head of Aerodynamics) Jason Somerville (Principal Aerodynamicist) Nick Alcock (Principal Aerodynamicist) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Williams FW23 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Williams FW25 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Williams double wishbone, torsion bar, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Williams double wishbone, coil spring, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Length | 4540 mm | ||||||||||
| Engine | BMW P82 2998 cc V10 (90°) naturally aspirated | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Williams 7-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential | ||||||||||
| Power | 880-900 hp @ 19,050 rpm | ||||||||||
| Weight | 600 kg | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Petrobras | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Castrol | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Michelin | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | BMW Williams F1 Team | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 5.  Ralf Schumacher6.  Juan Pablo Montoya | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2002 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| First win | 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last win | 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2002 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
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, but the FW24 was aerodynamically inferior to the Ferrari F2002 and the McLaren MP4-17, while the BMW engine turned out to be unreliable despite its outright power.
Season summary
The car proved competitive; however, the Ferrari F2002 proved to be more powerful. 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 (on a track that favours engine power) 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 2002 British Grand Prix onwards, the team had title sponsorship from Hewlett-Packard, following the merger between the two companies.[2]
Other use
On 3 December 2002, Nico Rosberg conducted his first ever test in a Formula One car in a Williams FW24 Circuit de Catalunya.[3] At the time, he became the youngest person ever to drive a Formula One car.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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| 2002 | Williams | BMW P82 V10 | M | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | 92 | 2nd | |
| Ralf Schumacher
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Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11† | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 11† | ||||||
| Juan Pablo Montoya
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2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
- ^ "Atlas F1 News Service, 2002 Teams: BMW.WilliamsF1". atlasf1.autosport.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "WilliamsF1 goes HP". www.f1network.net. Retrieved 4 July 2002.
- ^ "Rosberg prepares for Williams test". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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