Comments on: Williams denies leaked photos show 2008 livery

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:31:18 +0000

In reply to Rohan, Williams has only recently run in these colours. It used to be green and white in the ‘Saudia’ days, yellow black and white for Honda, blue white and yellow with (Canon?) Renault and into red with some beer sponsor (Veltins?) before going to blue and white with BMW. Obviously, a lot of the colours were dependent on sponsors, especially the grim red paint job, or the dominant Rothmans livery for when Senna/Hill were driving, being a case in point. Personally, I think Frank would have liked racing green, being a traditionalist, but those days are gone.

By: Toby

Toby — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:39:21 +0000

However, Williams might even be telling the truth. It looks like last year’s car to me – not even the 29B.

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:00:14 +0000

“Leaked” last year, “Leaked” this year I think Steven Roy has called it best. We’ve all been duped to viewing a more or less unchanged Williams.

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:18:12 +0000

Maybe it is viral advertising. How much interest would any of us have taken of Williams coming up with effectively an unchanged livery? Instead the net is full of comments and pictures of a more or less unchanged Williams.

By: daniel

daniel — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:52:49 +0000

an interesting point is that mcgregor now has removed the pictures of the drivers from its website http://mcgregorf1.com/, exept the front picture of the car. just wait a few seconds on the first page and wait for the second slide.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:01:10 +0000

I really would have thought the person responsible last year would have been fired by now!

@doctorvee: Williams also have a slew of sponsors who use blue and white in their logos: AT&T, RBS and Allianz to name just three.

@Rohan: I thought the first colours used by Williams were white and green, in deference to their Saudi backing at the time? Although it was before my time…

By: Rohan

Rohan — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:47:19 +0000

Doctorvee – blue and white have been Williams’ colours since Frank first started racing in the 1970s, so it’s no surprise that the team uses them in their liveries.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:21:17 +0000

Why do they want to keep that a secret? I looks almost exactly the same as the previous two years’ cars. Am I the only one who finds it strange that Williams have basically stuck with BMW colours even though they parted company with them rather acrimoniously in 2005?

By: milos

milos — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:31:38 +0000

and just to prove their case they may now decide to change it

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:30:06 +0000

If that is the livery…it looks great!