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Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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Constructor | Williams | ||||||||||
Designer(s) | Patrick Head (Technical Director) Gavin Fisher (Chief Designer) Brian O'Roake (Chief Composites Engineer) Mark Tatham (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Geoff Willis (Head of Aerodynamics) Jason Somerville (Principal Aerodynamicist) Nick Alcock (Principal Aerodynamicist) Paul Rosche (Chief Engine Designer (BMW)) Werner Laurenz (Technical Engine Director (BMW)) | ||||||||||
Predecessor | Williams FW21 | ||||||||||
Successor | Williams FW23 | ||||||||||
Technical specifications | |||||||||||
Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque | ||||||||||
Suspension (front) | Williams double wishbone, torsion bar, pushrod | ||||||||||
Suspension (rear) | Williams double wishbone, coil spring, pushrod | ||||||||||
Engine | BMW E41/4 2,998 cc (182.9 cu in) V10 (72°) naturally aspirated mid-engined | ||||||||||
Transmission | Williams 7-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential | ||||||||||
Power | 810 hp (604 kW) @ 17,500 RPM [1] | ||||||||||
Fuel | Petrobras | ||||||||||
Lubricants | Castrol | ||||||||||
Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
Notable entrants | BMW Williams F1 Team | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | 9. Ralf Schumacher 10. Jenson Button | ||||||||||
Debut | 2000 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last event | 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The Williams FW22 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 2000 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by German Ralf Schumacher in his second season with the team and British rookie Jenson Button who replaced Alessandro Zanardi in the team who was dropped after just one season with the Grove outfit (and subsequently returned to CART) following a poor 1999 season.
An evolution of the previous season's FW21, [2] it marked the first year of the team's collaboration with BMW as an engine supplier, a partnership that would last until the end of 2005; this was also the first Formula One car since 1987 to use BMW engines.
Along with its new Compaq sponsorship, the FW22 introduced a dark blue on white livery that harkened back to that of the similarly BMW-powered Brabham cars in the early 1980s.
The FW22 proved to be extremely promising in the hands of young German driver Ralf Schumacher and English debutant Jenson Button. Schumacher achieved eight points finishes (including three third places) and Button six; at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the Englishman became the youngest driver at that time to score a World Championship point, aged 20 years and two months. [3] Schumacher finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 24 points while Button finished eighth with 12; the combined 36 points placed Williams third in the Constructors' Championship, behind the dominant Ferrari and McLaren teams.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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2000 | Williams | BMW E41/4 V10 | B | AUS | BRA | SMR | GBR | ESP | EUR | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | MAL | 36 | 3rd | |
Ralf Schumacher | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||
Jenson Button | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret |
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