Williams FW24

Williams FW24
Car Information
Manufacturer	Williams
Engine	BMW P82
Engine displacement	2,998 cc (182.9 cu in)
Length	4,540 mm (179 in)
Weight	600 kg (1,300 lb)
Designer	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)
Fuel	Petrobras
Tyres	M
Formula One World Championship
Years active	2002
Constructor	BMW Williams F1 Team
Drivers	Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya
Grands Prix	17
Win	1 (5.88%)
Podiums	13
Poles	7
Fastest Laps	3
First Race	2002 Australian Grand Prix
Latest Race	2002 Japanese Grand Prix
Only Win	2002 Malaysian Grand Prix

The Williams FW24 was the Formula One car with which the Williams team competed in the 2002 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by German Ralf Schumacher and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, in their fourth and second seasons with the team respectively.

Design and development

The car was closely based on the previous year's FW23, and powered by a development of the ultra-powerful BMW engine from 2001, but the FW24 was aerodynamically inferior to the Ferrari F2002 and the McLaren MP4-17, while the BMW engine turned out to be unreliable despite its outright power.

Williams began the season with Compaq sponsorship. However, from the 2002 British Grand Prix onwards, the team had title sponsorship from Hewlett-Packard, following the merger between the two companies.

Season summary

The car proved competitive; however, the Ferrari F2002 proved to be more powerful. Ralf Schumacher scored the team's only win of the season in Malaysia, and Juan Pablo Montoya finishing second saw the team register their first 1-2 finish since the 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix.

Juan Pablo Montoya exiting his FW24 after securing pole position for the 2002 Canadian Grand Prix

Montoya set a run of five consecutive pole positions with the car in midseason (eventually getting seven during the season), and completed the then fastest lap of any circuit in Formula 1 history during qualifying, setting pole position at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix (on a track that favours engine power) with a lap average of 161.449 mph (259.827 km/h), completing the lap in 1:20.264, breaking the record previously set by former Williams driver Keke Rosberg at the 1985 British Grand Prix at Silverstone who lapped at an average of 160.9 mph (258.9 km/h) in his Honda turbo-powered Williams FW10.

Williams finished second in the Constructors' Championship but over 100 points behind Ferrari, with Montoya and Schumacher third and fourth respectively in the Drivers' Championship.

Race Victory

Year	Event	Driver	Notes
2002	Malaysian Grand Prix	Ralf Schumacher	The only race in season that was not won by Ferrari; Only win of Williams in the season

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Driver	Tyre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
2002	Ralf Schumacher	M	Ret	1st	2nd	3rd	11th†	4th	3rd	7th	4th	8th	5th	3rd	3rd	5th	Ret	16th	11†
	Juan Pablo Montoya		2nd	2nd	5thP	4th	2nd	3rd	RetP	RetP	RetP	3rdP	4thP	2nd	11th	3rd	RetP	4th	4th

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

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