Williams F1 Team 2014

[Thunder]

Williams is on a good Way for the Future i think.

[johnny99]

Great news about Rob. Waiting for that conformation for a while, thanks Kiril

John

[dren]

For a team that has taken a cliff dive over the last several years, this is refreshing. We may see them battling it out with Lotus, or even fighting for podiums.

[beelsebob]

Don't get too excited. Remember, everyone expected williams to be fighting at the front in 2012. They were no where near.

They may well be back at the front, but they may also be sandbagging much less than everyone else.

[acosmichippo]

But it isn't just the fact that williams seems like they're headed in the right direction - it's also that their closest competitors (apart from Force India) seem to be doing the opposite. The Ferrari and Renault engines are much further behind the Mercs in terms of testing, and Sauber, Toro Rosso, and Lotus have all lost a solid, experienced driver, while Williams have gained one. So I think you could make an argument to place them ahead of Sauber and Toro Rosso, and maybe even Lotus with their financial issues and departure of Boullier and other technical staff.

[turbof1]

Not sure if this really belongs here, but according to f1today.net a picture of the martini livery got leaked:



It could still be a photoshop, but they say it's a leaked picture.

[gray41]

3 pages back and laughed off.

[Marc.W]

Not sure if this really belongs here, but according to f1today.net a picture of the martini livery got leaked:

http://content.f1today.net/x/full/photo ... 29.jpg?s=s

It could still be a photoshop, but they say it's a leaked picture.

Colour saturation between the grass/helmet doesn't match the saturation of the livery also, I don't believe Williams have used any filming days?

[Shakeman]

Not sure if this really belongs here, but according to f1today.net a picture of the martini livery got leaked:

http://content.f1today.net/x/full/photo ... 29.jpg?s=s

It could still be a photoshop, but they say it's a leaked picture.

Colour saturation between the grass/helmet doesn't match the saturation of the livery also, I don't believe Williams have used any filming days?

I don't think you can really determine whether it is a photoshop based on the saturation of colours as the image looks to have been "shopped" with an aged film look. The saturation of the livery could be due to the filter reducing the gamma in the blues and reds as well boosting the gamma in the greens which saturates and desaturates respectively.

The lack of a filming day isn't proof of hoax either as I'd expect them to have made many test renders of the livery and could easily be a render composited over the background which is pretty standard fair.

For me the jury is out, the livery does look nice.

It would be marvellous if the form Williams has shown in testing is real and they're a front runner again.

[Godius]

Could this be the new martini livery? https://twitter.com/takiinoue/status/44 ... 60/photo/1

[Holm86]

Could this be the new martini livery? https://twitter.com/takiinoue/status/44 ... 60/photo/1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bh0pFmcCUAAB0fo.jpg:large

Its not. Its from Forza 5.
https://twitter.com/OfficialMinis/statu ... 5055862784

[NathanOlder]

Not a chance. Just another fake photo doing the rounds. Not sure what Taki is up to with that on his Twitter

[Coefficient]

Not sure if this really belongs here, but according to f1today.net a picture of the martini livery got leaked:

http://content.f1today.net/x/full/photo ... 29.jpg?s=s

It could still be a photoshop, but they say it's a leaked picture.

Colour saturation between the grass/helmet doesn't match the saturation of the livery also, I don't believe Williams have used any filming days?

I don't think you can really determine whether it is a photoshop based on the saturation of colours as the image looks to have been "shopped" with an aged film look. The saturation of the livery could be due to the filter reducing the gamma in the blues and reds as well boosting the gamma in the greens which saturates and desaturates respectively.

The lack of a filming day isn't proof of hoax either as I'd expect them to have made many test renders of the livery and could easily be a render composited over the background which is pretty standard fair.

For me the jury is out, the livery does look nice.



It would be marvellous if the form Williams has shown in testing is real and they're a front runner again.

I doubt the Williams Paint Shop would come up with such a revolting livery. The Martini colours are ripe for a really classy design, this is amateurish and poorly conceived. Makes the elegant FW36 look unganely because the livery doesn't compliment the lines of the car.

[JDC123]

This was posted on twitter by Taki inoue.......looks real to me! It appears to be on the FW35. I think it looks really good.

[gridwalker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bh0pFmcCUAAB0fo.jpg
This was posted on twitter by Taki inoue.......looks real to me! It appears to be on the FW35. I think it looks really good.

That appeared on the WTF1 page on Facebook, with a caption saying it was created in Forza 5 ...