Williams FW31 livery revealed (pictures)
The Williams FW31 in its 2009 livery
It looks like the leaked picture of Williams’ 2009 livery was accurate after all. These new photographs from Williams sponsor Allianz show the FW31 in what looks very much like a combination of the colour scheme seen on the leaked picture plus the sponsors layout shown on the interim car.
By my reckoning this makes the third consecutive year the Williams livery has been spotted ahead of its official unveiling. Or maybe they’re just toying with us. Either way, I reckon this is one of the best-looking cars on the 2009 grid, though I did prefer the all-dark blue look of the interim car.
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- Williams FW31 in its final livery
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- The Williams FW31 in its 2009 livery
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Via BlogF1
KAB said on 20th February 2009, 18:52
eurgh, why does Williams always have a better livery during testing :( I think their car is the best looking out of them all but keep the dark blue one!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 20th February 2009, 18:55
Yeah I preferred the interim one too, but at least it doesn’t look like this.
zplol said on 20th February 2009, 18:55
still looks like an interim car, the airbox that was used in recent testing is smaller, this one is the same size as the 08 cars, the brake ducts are the same at the older cars, the wing is the same as the first one they used at their private airfield test…
zplol said on 20th February 2009, 18:56
edit… duh it has to be an 08 car since the filming would have counted as testing :P
ajokay said on 20th February 2009, 19:20
Same as last year then. Oh well, hopefully 2010 will be a better year for new and interesting car liveries.
Nick said on 20th February 2009, 19:23
should have used all blue.
Becken said on 20th February 2009, 19:34
I liked! :)
The new sponsos at the nose reveals that it is really the new livery!
Robert McKay said on 20th February 2009, 19:39
It’s gorgeous. Really like it. Although I’m worried it’s so gorgeous because it doesn’t seem to be overflowing with logos breaking up the dark blue.
Ollie said on 20th February 2009, 19:50
The Thomson Reuters logo? They sponsored the team last year, but their logo was on the side and top of the monocoque headrest thingies.
Michael Roberts said on 20th February 2009, 20:08
Best looking car by far!!
StrFerrari4Ever said on 20th February 2009, 20:31
i prefered the interim livery but who knows Williams could be just building some tension so us fans can be edging to know what the final livery is one of the best looking cars though but STR4 livery will be the best muhuhaha
Chaz said on 20th February 2009, 21:12
Cool, I like it…
gabal said on 20th February 2009, 22:01
They kept the last years one – looks nice and I think Air Asia looks great on rear wing. Williams got an upgrade in sponsorship from several of their sponsors – a great effort given the current financial climate…
Arthur954 said on 20th February 2009, 22:58
Very elegant ! I hope that the blue is a deep intense metallic, and the white areas could be fluorescent white. The wheels, chromed. And if they also chromed the suspension components, the car would look like those beautiful old Lotus racers with the gorgeous chromed pieces all over the car.
Good luck to Williams ! they are the heart and soul of F1
nic said on 20th February 2009, 23:12
williams need to change , they have had that style since 2006. I liked williams when they were williams BMW. i would have prefered the interim desighn.
kaushal said on 21st February 2009, 0:06
The car is looking nice.
I cant see clearly about which sponser u r talking about
Daks said on 21st February 2009, 0:19
I like the livery, although the interim one was better… And I really hope Williams does well this year.