Posted on 25th February 2017
This morning the Williams team have shared the first images of the FW40 in the flesh following the release of rendered images of its 2017 car.
The car was unveiled last week via Autosport but featured only computerised images. On Saturday, after following a week of launches; Williams gave a proper glimpse of its car.
The proper images give a different impression of the FW40 than the render did, with slightly revised sidepods and airbox.
It also features a long shark fin at the tail, something which has been on every car launched except the Mercedes. The white, red and blue Martini livery remains for a fourth season.
Felipe Massa, who returned from retirement following Valtteri Bottas’ switch to Mercedes, will pilot the car for the first time on Monday when preseason testing gets underway in Barcelona.
The official Williams release of their 2017 car means just Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Haas have yet to unveil their 2017 cars, with the trio set to do so on Sunday.
Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa
