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 Jenson Button's FW22 on display at the Williams Conference Centre | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Williams | ||||||||||
| Designers | Patrick Head(Technical Director) Gavin Fisher(Chief Designer) Brian O'Roake(Chief Composites Engineer) Mark Tatham(Chief Mechanical Engineer) Geoff Willis(Head of Aerodynamics) Jason Somerville(Principal Aerodynamicist) Nick Alcock(Principal Aerodynamicist) Paul Rosche(Chief Engine Designer (BMW)) Werner Laurenz(Technical Engine Director (BMW)) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Williams FW21 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Williams FW23 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-fibremonocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Williams double wishbone, torsion bar, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Williams double wishbone, coil spring, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Engine | BMW E41/4 2,998 cc (182.9 cu in)V10 (72°)naturally aspiratedmid-engined | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Williams 7-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential | ||||||||||
| Power | 810 hp (604 kW) @ 17,500 RPM[1] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Petrobras | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Castrol | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | BMW Williams F1 Team | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 9. Ralf Schumacher10.  Jenson Button | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2000 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
TheWilliams FW22 was the car with which theWilliams team competed in the2000 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by GermanRalf Schumacher in his second season with the team and British rookieJenson Button who replacedAlessandro Zanardi in the team who was dropped after just one season with the Grove outfit (and subsequently returned toCART) following a poor 1999 season.
This was the first Formula One car powered by a BMW engine since theMegatron-badgedArrows A10B in 1988.
An evolution of the previous season'sFW21,[2] it marked the first year of the team's collaboration withBMW as an engine supplier, a partnership that would last until the end of 2005; this was also the first Formula One car since1987 to use fully factory supported BMW engines.
The FW22 proved to be extremely promising in the hands of young German driverRalf Schumacher and English debutantJenson Button. Schumacher achieved eight points finishes (including three third places) and Button six; at theBrazilian Grand Prix, the Englishman became the youngest driver at that time to score a World Championship point, aged 20 years and two months.[3] Schumacher finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 24 points while Button finished eighth with 12; the combined 36 points placed Williams third in the Constructors' Championship, behind the dominantFerrari andMcLaren teams.[4]
Williams had a new livery inspired by the BMW-powered Brabhams of the 1980s. They went into the 2000 season with several renewed sponsors likeNortel Networks,Castrol andPetrobras. The team received new sponsorships such asAllianz,Reuters,Compaq andIntel Inside whileBrother,Komatsu andAuto Motor und Sport were discontinued.
As Williams did not have any tobacco sponsorships (Winfield being the last one),Veltins once again returned with the team for the third year. In French, the logo was replaced with "Veltins Alkoholfrei" but it was removed in scale models and video games.
(key) (results inbold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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| 2000 | Williams | BMW E41/4V10 | B | AUS | BRA | SMR | GBR | ESP | EUR | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | MAL | 36 | 3rd | |
| Ralf Schumacher | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||
| Jenson Button | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | ||||||
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