Car · Williams · 1981–1982
Williams FW07C
Williams took the 79's idea and out-built its inventor. The FW07 turned a team that had never won a race into a two-time constructors' champion in three seasons and set the pattern for Williams for the next twenty years: someone else's concept, executed better.
- Seasons
- 1981–1982
- Entries
- 30
- Wins
- 4
- Poles
- 2
- Fastest laps
- 7
- Constructors' titles
- 2
- Drivers' titles
- 1
One of the design family that has a specified page of its own.
Why it mattered
The idea. The Lotus 79 concept, engineered properly and made stiff enough to hold its skirts on the ground
New on this car. Dernie's work on keeping the skirts sealed at all times, worth a claimed 30 per cent in downforce
What it did. 43 races, 15 wins, 8 poles. Jones's 1980 drivers' title; constructors' championships in 1980 and 1981.
- Designers
- Patrick Head, Neil Oatley, Frank Dernie
- Supersedes
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- Design life
- 1979–1982
- Confidence
- high
Specification
- Chassis
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- Front suspension
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- Rear suspension
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- Brakes
- disc
- Gearbox
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- Gears
- —
- Tyres
- Goodyear, Michelin
- Fuel
- —
- Engine
- Ford Cosworth DFV V8
- Configuration
- 90-degree V8
- Capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Aspiration
- naturally aspirated
- Power
- —
- Power note
- 500-510 bhp at 11,400 rpm with the Judd-prepared DFVs from 1980
- Weight
- —
- Wheelbase
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- Track, front
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- Track, rear
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A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.
Seasons that cannot be attributed 1
| Season | Also entered by this constructor |
|---|---|
| 1979 | williams-fw06 |
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Where this comes from
- Constructor
- Williams
- Predecessor
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- Successor
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- Races (published)
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- Wins (published)
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- Poles (published)
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- Confidence
- reference
- Specification source
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- Register source
- https://github.com/f1db/f1db