The Williams FW37 is a Formula One racing car designed by Williams Grand Prix Engineering which Williams Martini Racing used to compete in the 2015 Formula One season . It was driven by Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa . It proved to be competitive, with both drivers scoring 4 podiums, and finishing the 2015 season in 3rd.
12-426: The car was launched on 1 February 2015. Williams were first in presenting their 2015 car, releasing a computer rendering on 21 January 2015. The peculiar 'anteater' nose design of the 2014 car was dropped in favour of a lower and shorter one. A reasonably competitive car that finished in the points at almost every race, it ultimately helped the team secure its second consecutive third-place finish with 257 points in
24-748: A grid penalty and clipping the wall and cutting a tyre ten laps in. Following a string of bad luck (particularly affecting Massa), the cars became more competitive after Canada , and especially in Austria , where they took a surprise 1–2 in qualifying with Massa on pole. This upturn in performance continued with Bottas finishing third in Austria, Belgium and Russia and second in Great Britain and Germany , Massa taking third in Italy and Brazil and both drivers scoring Williams's first double podium since
36-706: The 2005 Monaco Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi . The team scored 320 constructors' points in 2014, compared to 5 in 2013, this secured them 3rd in the Constructors' Championship, 104 points ahead of Ferrari. The car was arguably the second fastest on the grid towards the end of the season as shown by the 2-3 in Abu Dhabi by Massa and Bottas respectively. The car sported the Martini Racing livery after securing title sponsorship from Martini & Rossi . It became
48-570: The Martini alcohol brand as their main sponsor, thereby keeping the car in the traditional Martini Racing colours. Alcohol laws meant Williams could not use their red Martini stripes in Abu Dhabi, instead using a blue livery. At the Mexican Grand Prix , to promote the film Spectre , the 007 logos featured on the side mirrors. ( key ) Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of
60-607: The Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine (for example, Asti ). It also produces the French vermouth, Noilly Prat . The company started in the mid-19th century, as a vermouth bottling plant in Pessione – the Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino. Three men came to dominate the company, businessman Alessandro Martini , winemaker Luigi Rossi and accountant Teofilo Sola. In 1863, they changed
72-426: The Constructors' Championship. The team achieved 4 podium finishes, two each for both Massa and Bottas. The team proved arguably less competitive late in the season as they shifted development towards the 2016 car relatively early. The car though was still highly competitive, it did not score as many points as its predecessor and was overshadowed by Mercedes and a resurgent Scuderia Ferrari . The Williams team retained
84-599: The PU106A Hybrid. A computer-generated rendering of the car was released on 23 January, showing an extended nosecone dubbed the " anteater ". The FW36 was the first turbo powered Formula One car designed and raced by Williams since the Honda powered FW11B which carried Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell to first and second places respectively in the 1987 World Championship. The car immediately proved to be more competitive than its predecessor, consistently setting
96-617: The first Formula One car to wear this livery since the Lotus 80 in 1979. However, alcohol laws meant Williams could not use their red Martini stripes in Abu Dhabi, instead using a blue livery. In September 2020, before the start of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix , Claire Williams was given a signed front wing from the car as a souvenir from her Williams colleagues. The front wing was signed by everyone who worked at Williams. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Driver failed to finish
108-420: The name to Martini, Sola & Cia. The Sola family sold out in 1879, and the company became known as Martini & Rossi. The company has been involved in motor racing sponsorship under the Martini Racing banner since 1968, and was a minor sponsor of Scuderia Ferrari until 2008. From 2014 to 2018 Martini was the title sponsor of Williams F1 , with the team officially called "Williams Martini Racing", and
120-517: The quickest times in preseason testing. It was particularly fast in a straight line, thanks in part to the Mercedes power unit and in part to its low-drag design. At the first race in Australia , the car proved to be unstable in mixed conditions, but both drivers made it into Q3. In the race, Massa was taken out at the first turn but Bottas finished sixth – later promoted to fifth – despite
132-408: The race distance. Williams FW36 The Williams FW36 is a Formula One racing car designed by Williams Grand Prix Engineering to compete in the 2014 Formula One season . It was driven by Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa , who replaced the departing Pastor Maldonado . The FW36 was the first car built by Williams to use a Mercedes engine, a 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged unit, known as
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#1732793374740144-493: The race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of the race distance. ‡ — Teams and drivers scored double points at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . Martini %26 Rossi 44°57′55″N 7°42′02″E / 44.9653667°N 7.7004665°E / 44.9653667; 7.7004665 Martini & Rossi is an Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with
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