Williams FW36

Williams FW36

Felipe Massa in the Williams FW36 at the Chinese Grand Prix
Constructor:	Williams
Designer:	Pat Symonds
Predecessor:	Williams FW35
Successor:	Williams FW37
Technical specifications
Engine:	Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid
Length:	5000 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	950 mm
Weight:	691 kg (including driver)
Tires:	Pirelli
statistics
Driver:	Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
First start:	2014 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014
Starts Victories Poles SR 19th - 1 2
World Cup points:	320
Podiums:	9
Leadership laps:	34 over 167.024 km

The Williams FW36 was the Formula 1 - racing cars of Williams Martini Racing for the Formula 1 2014 season . An illustration of the car was published on Twitter on January 23, 2014, and the car was first seen on January 28, 2014 at the Circuito de Jerez .

Technology and development

The nose of the Williams FW36 at the Australian Grand Prix

The FW36 was the successor to the FW35 , although the vehicle differed significantly from the previous model, both visually and technically due to rule changes for the 2014 Formula 1 season .

Williams changed the engine manufacturer for the 2014 season. The FW36 was powered by the newly developed Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid , a 1.6-liter V6 engine with a turbocharger . While the ERS comes from the engine manufacturer Mercedes , the eight-speed transmission was an in-house development by Williams. Due to the regulations, there was only one central exhaust pipe that was above the rear light.

Due to the rule changes for the 2014 season, the nose of the vehicle was significantly lower than that of the vehicle from the previous year. The nose tapered sharply at the level of the front wing and protruded far forward beyond the wing.

Painting and sponsorship

The Williams FW36 was painted completely dark blue both in the first published illustration and in the first test drives before the season in Jerez. Only a few sponsor stickers from Randstad , Wihuri , Experian and Pirelli, all white and relatively small, were present on the vehicle. With this paint scheme, Williams also contested the test drives before the season.

On March 6, 2014 Williams presented the paintwork of the vehicle in London. The basic color of the vehicle is white, with stripes based on the logo of the new main sponsor Martini in different shades of blue with a slightly broad red central stripe, which run from the front wing attachment to the engine cover. The Martini logo was also attached to the rear wing, otherwise the front and rear wings were painted black.

driver

Valtteri Bottas stayed with Williams and played his second season for the team. His new team-mate was Felipe Massa , who previously drove for Ferrari and who joined the team as the successor to Pastor Maldonado .

2014 season

The FW36 proved to be an extremely competitive vehicle, with which the pilots scored points in every round of the World Championship and achieved nine podium positions in the process. Massa achieved the only pole position of the season for Williams at the Austrian Grand Prix . Behind Mercedes and Red Bull, the team achieved third place in the constructors' championship with a clear lead over Ferrari. This was Williams' best ranking since 2003 . The drivers finished fourth (Bottas) and seven (Massa) in the drivers' world championship.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2014																					320	3.
F. Massa	19th	DNF	7th	7th	15th	13	7th	12 *	4th	DNF	DNF	5	13	3	5	7th	11	4th	3	2
V. Bottas	77	5	8th	8th	7th	5	DNF	7th	3	2	2	8th	3	4th	11	6th	3	5	10	3
F. Nasr	40			PO	PO	PO												PO	PO
S. Wolff	41									PO	PO

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

Web links

Commons : Williams FW36  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Nimmervoll: Illustration of the Williams FW36 revealed via Twitter. Motorsport-Total.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Shaken, not stirred: Williams presents Martini design. Motorsport-Total.com, March 6, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 .