Williams FW24
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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 | ||||||||||
Engine | BMW P82 2998 cc V10 (90°) naturally aspirated | ||||||||||
Transmission | Williams 7-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential | ||||||||||
Power | 880-900 hp @ 19,050 rpm | ||||||||||
Fuel | Petrobras | ||||||||||
Lubricants | Castrol | ||||||||||
Tyres | Michelin | ||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
Notable entrants | BMW Williams F1 Team | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | 5. Ralf Schumacher 6. 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. The car was closely based on the previous year's FW23, and powered by a development of the ultra-powerful BMW engine from 2001. It was driven by German Ralf Schumacher and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, in their fourth and second seasons with the team respectively.
Although Schumacher won the Malaysian Grand Prix and Montoya took seven pole positions, 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. 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.
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. Juan Pablo Montoya set a run of five consecutive pole positions with the car in midseason, 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 used 'Compaq' logos in the Australian, Malaysian, Brazilian, San Marino, Spanish, Monaco, Canadian and European Grands Prix, and 'HP' logos in the British, French, German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian, United States and Japanese Grands Prix.[2]
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 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11† | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 11† | ||||||
Juan Pablo Montoya | 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 26 November 2021.
External links[]
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