Williams unveil FW35, Barcelona Pre-season test 1: Teams roundup

Barcelona Day 1 Testing Times
2012 2013
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
01:23.265 01:22.616
2 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
01:23.440 01:22.623
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari
01:23.590 01:22.952
4 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
01:23.618 01:22.965
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 5. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
01:24.100 01:23.733
6 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 6. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari
01:24.150 01:23.884
7 Sergio Perez Sauber 7. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes
01:24.219 01:24.124
8 Bruno Senna Williams 8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
01:25.755 01:24.144
9 Romain Grosjean Lotus 9. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
01:26.809 01:25.124
10 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 10. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth
01:27.537 01:26.747
11 Charles Pic Marussia 11. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault
01:29.248 01:27.534

Williams FW35 launch

The last team to launch their 2013 car today unveiled the FW35. Noticeable was the apparent lack of sponsors on the car, but Williams have been here before and we’ll have to wait and see what is in the pipeline on this front.

There are 2 obvious features on the car that attract attention. here is a shot of the controversial exhaust guiding vane underneath the fish like ‘gills’ that features both on the Williams and the Caterham.

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