Williams FW24
The Williams FW24 was the Formula One car with which the Williams team competed in the 2002 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by German Ralf Schumacher and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. Test drivers were Marc Gené, Giorgio Pantano and Antônio Pizzonia.
Design and development
The car was closely based on the previous year's FW23, and powered by a development of the ultra-powerful BMW engine from 2001.Season summary
scored the team's only win of the season in Malaysia, and Juan Pablo Montoya finishing second saw the team register their first 1-2 finish since the 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix.File:Juan Pablo Montoya Pole Montreal GP 2002.jpg|thumb|left|Juan Pablo Montoya exiting his FW24 after securing pole position for the 2002 Canadian Grand Prix
Montoya set a run of five consecutive pole positions with the car in midseason, and completed the then fastest lap of any circuit in Formula 1 history during qualifying, setting pole position at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix with a lap average of 161.449 mph, completing the lap in 1:20.264, breaking the record previously set by former Williams driver Keke Rosberg at the 1985 British Grand Prix at Silverstone who lapped at an average of 160.9 mph in his Honda turbo-powered Williams FW10.
Williams finished second in the Constructors' Championship but over 100 points behind Ferrari, with Montoya and Schumacher third and fourth respectively in the Drivers' Championship.
Sponsorship and livery
The primary colours of the FW24 were white and blue. Williams began the season with Compaq sponsorship. However, from the British Grand Prix onwards, the team had title sponsorship from Hewlett-Packard, following the merger between the two companies.In France, to satisfy regulations banning the advertising of alcohol, the Veltins logo was replaced with "V??????".
Other use
On 3 December 2002, Nico Rosberg conducted his first ever test in a Formula One car in a Williams FW24 Circuit de Catalunya. At the time, he became the youngest person ever to drive a Formula One car.In 2003, 4-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon drove the FW24 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.