20/01/2015
NEWS STORY
Pictures of Williams 2015 contender, the FW37, hit the internet as magazine gives fans a first glimpse of the new look of F1
Thanks to F1 Racing, days before the first of the new season's cars have been unveiled, the magazine tweeted a picture of the cover of its latest edition featuring the Grove outfit's latest challenger. Within minutes the team had itself re-tweeted the image and soon "Williams FW37" was trending worldwide.
If nothing else - the cars are likely to look very different by the time the second test gets underway in Barcelona, far less Melbourne - the image gives us a first glimpse of how the new noses will look.
Sadly, though they are an improvement on 2014, they still, certainly in this case, have a long way to go before we could term them pleasing to the eye.
The proboscis is still there, admittedly not as prominent as in 2014, while the overall look of the car, aided by that superb, evocative livery, is a lot more acceptable.
Powered by Mercedes to third in the 2014 standings, much is expected of Williams this season, especially if Felipe Massa, retained along with Valtteri Bottas, picks up where he left off.
Chris Balfe