Williams FW25

**Williams FW25**
	Ralf Schumacher in the Williams FW25 at the 2003 US Grand Prix .
Constructor:	Williams
Designer:	Patrick Head (Technical Director) ; Gavin Fisher (Chief Designer) ; Antonia Terzi (Aerodynamics Director )
Predecessor:	Williams FW24
Successor:	Williams FW26
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Carbon fiber reinforced plastic ( epoxy resin )
Engine:	BMW Motorsport P84, V10 engine, 3.0 liters
Tires:	Michelin
statistics
Driver:	3. Juan Pablo Montoya 4. Ralf Schumacher 4. Marc Gené ; ;
First start:	2003 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2003 Japanese Grand Prix
World Cup points:	144
Podiums:	12
Leadership laps:	308 over 1371.429 km

The Williams FW25 was the Formula 1 - racing cars of Williams for the 2003 season . He followed the Williams FW24 used in the previous season .

As in the previous year, the V10 engine came from BMW . The tires were again supplied by the French tire manufacturer Michelin .

design

The design of the Williams FW25, which was unveiled on February 1, 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona , reminded little of its predecessor, the Williams FW24. The powerful BMW P83 V10 engine had a low center of gravity and made it possible to shift the overall center of gravity of the FW25 downwards. Former Ferrari aerodynamics specialist Antonia Terzi, who developed the design together with Gavin Fisher, was new to the design team.

driver

Juan Pablo Montoya in the FW25 at the 2003 French Grand Prix .

The drivers for the FW25 were again Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 3) and Ralf Schumacher (No. 4). Marc Gené competed in one race, starting the Italian Grand Prix as a replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher.

2003 season

The Williams FW25 made its debut at the 2003 Australian Grand Prix . Juan Pablo Montoya already showed the car's potential in the first race of the season. He led up to ten laps before the end, but missed the win after a spin. At the Monaco Grand Prix , Montoya did better. He won the race after his team-mate Ralf Schumacher had previously taken pole position. After this success, Montoya stood on the podium seven times in a row. Thanks to the high reliability of the car, both drivers crossed the finish line in almost every race and kept the world championship open until the end. In total, Montoya and Schumacher stood on the podium twelve times and celebrated two double victories in a row at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring and at the French Grand Prix .

For the final races of the season in the USA and Japan, BMW used a further expansion stage of the engine. The P83 is now impressed with a maximum speed of more than 19,000 min ^-1 . Technical problems and a time penalty threw Montoya out of the fight for the world title at the last minute. 2003 was the most successful season of the Williams BMW F1 team and the FW25 the most successful racing car of the Anglo-German partnership. At the end of the 16 races of the season there were four wins, four pole positions and four fastest laps. In the construction classification, the Williams-BMW-F1-Team achieved second place with 144 points, 14 points behind world champion Ferrari .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2003 Formula 1 season																		144	2.
Colombia JP Montoya	3	2	12	DNF	7th	4th	DNF	1	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	6th	DNF
Germany R. Schumacher	4th	8th	4th	7th	4th	5	6th	4th	2	1	1	9	DNF	4th	INJ	DNF	12
Spain M. Gené	4th														5

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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Williams BMW FW25. bmw-motorsport.com, archived from the original on November 10, 2009 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 .

Web links

Commons : Williams FW25 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

[BMW-M-FW25-1] Williams BMW FW25. bmw-motorsport.com, archived from the original on November 10, 2009 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 .