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the pants are puma too, if it was adidas wouldn't they cloth the team with adidas merchdanise?
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
I'm still not so sure. Their website also says "Williams is one of the formula one teams who will race Puma gear in 2007.." They also have the announcement for last year's car in their news section so most of the site hasn't been updated for at least a year.
I guess we will know soon anyway - it's not as important as their car performance . I went to the Australian GP the other year and some Ferrari pit crew were still wearing old shoes from the previous sponsor, Fila. Maybe they focus on the car primarily (I hope so) in the early season.
was on a decent fuel load too, so I dare say we're seeing real speed and a true step forward. Faster than many teams who have already accumulated a respectable amount of testing with their new cars anyway, McLaren notably among them even if we need to factor in possible differences in programmes. From what I've read, some key Williams people were quite satisfied, and it's already clear that the FW30 has potential to be notably faster in comparison than the 0,635 that separated her from the FW29 on their first common outing.
I have to say I like the design, too. It's not the most surprising one to emerge (nor the least for that matter), but it's visibly light, clear and focused. The tidiness, purpose and refinement is almost tangible. There's a good chance this will work out very well, with the relative stability in the design demands there are surprisingly many manufacturer teams visibly finding their way. It's a game of catch up with rather long odds, perhaps apparent in some of the more unorthodox features we've seen lately.
Well we have to try not to read too much into the winter testing times (remember when prost had the fastest car at Catalunya one year - when seriously underweight lol!) and we have to remember that some teams (like Mclaren) could well be on a completely different testing regime, almost sandbagging before melbourne.
BUT that said, I have to agree with you checkered, the FW30 is a capable looking car, and I think with the apparent progress being made by some of the midfield teams (Toyota & Williams as an example) we could be set for an exciting season ahead.
Here's hoping that Williams is a step in the right direction for a Williams re-surgance.
Silence is golden when you don't know a good answer.
The Valancia test is over, and I think it's safe to say things looks good for Williams this year.
Today Nakajima lapped the FW30 nine tenth away of a MP4/23 qualifying simulation lap. Of course they were certainly on low fuel too, but Rosberg said they didn't drive the car to its limit yet, as it was still imperfect in terms of general balance.
It can't be taken seriously as it's only subjective speculation, but I see the FW30 in better shape than Red Bull's RB4 for 2008, possibly edging out Renault and BMW.
Still, I'm left with no clue about where in the car is the "revolution" Sam Michaels showed to Nico last year (they seemed so enthusiastic I though they had some radical approach, but it's more true about BMW's car, or Renault's front wing). The general look of the FW30 is quite academic, with a Mac laren inspiration for the FW and sidepods, following the general trend.
I hope the definitive livery will be clearer, allowing light to show more details about the car.
. I went to the Australian GP the other year and some Ferrari pit crew were still wearing old shoes from the previous sponsor, Fila. Maybe they focus on the car primarily (I hope so) in the early season.
