Williams FW18

Williams FW18

Damon Hill 2010 at a show run at FW18 in Bahrain
Constructor:	Williams-Renault
Designer:	Adrian Newey Patrick Head
Predecessor:	Williams FW17
Successor:	Williams FW19
Technical specifications
Wheelbase:	2890 mm
Weight:	595 kg
Tires:	Goodyear
Petrol:	Eleven
statistics
Driver:	5. Damon Hill 6. Jacques Villeneuve
First start:	1996 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	1996 Japanese Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 16 12 12 11
World Cup points:	175
Podiums:	21st
Leadership laps:	765 over 3,556.898 km
Stand 2013

The Williams FW18 is the 14th Formula 1 - racing cars of Williams F1 . It was used in the 1996 Formula 1 season , the engines were supplied by Renault as in the previous year . Adrian Newey and Patrick Head were responsible for the design. Damon Hill won his first and only world title with the FW18 . Williams was able to secure the constructors' championship for the eighth time.

driver

Damon Hill, last season's runner-up, played his fourth and final season for Williams in 1996 before joining Arrows for the 1997 season. Jacques Villeneuve, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1995 and was champion in the IndyCar World Series , was signed by Frank Williams as a replacement for David Coulthard , who switched to McLaren . Jean-Christophe Boullion , who started as a regular driver for Sauber Motorsport in the 1995 season , was hired as a test and reserve driver.

technology

The FW18 was developed under the direction of Adrian Newey and Patrick Head . The racing car was powered by a Renault V10 engine with a capacity of 3000 cm ³ . The transmission was a Williams own design. The fuel was supplied by Elf , the tires were purchased from Goodyear . Carbon disc brakes were purchased from AP Racing .

Races

The Williams FW18 was the most reliable Formula 1 racing car of the season. Of the 2028 possible laps, it was possible to finish 1778 - more than any other car. In the entire season you only had to accept 4 technical failures. You were competitive in all races of the season. At every race of the season, except Monaco and Italy , at least one Williams driver was on the podium. You could even win 12 of the 16 races of the season. Damon Hill started every race of the season (16) from the front row, so he drew level with Ayrton Senna ( 1989 ) and Alain Prost ( 1993 ).

After the season opener in Australia , Damon Hill led the World Cup and did not give up this leadership for the entire season. Jacques Villeneuve was runner-up in Formula 1 in his first year . Williams won the constructors' championship with a 105 point lead over the second-placed Ferrari team .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 1996																		175	1.
D. Hill	5	1	1	1	4th	1	DNF	DNF	1	1	DNF	1	2	5	DNF	2	1
J. Villeneuve	6th	2	DNF	2	1	11	DNF	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	7th	1	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Williams FW18 at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum

Stay after the season

• A copy of the FW18 is in the Beaulieu National Motor Museum.

• In 2010 Damon Hill completed a show run in the FW18 at the Bahrain International Circuit as part of the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix .
• In 2012, Pastor Maldonado drove the FW18 on the Silverstone Circuit alongside a few other former Williams cars in another show run .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ statsf1.com , Technical Details (statsf1.com) .
2. ↑ World Championship 1996 , World Championship status 1996 (driver), official F1 homepage .
3. ↑ Constructors' championship 1996 , World Cup status 1996 (constructors), official F1 homepage .
4. ↑ espnf1.com, photos from the show run , Pastor Maldonado drives the Williams FW18 .

Web links

• Profile on statsf1.com
• Ultimatecarpage.com - FW18