The Williams F1 team has released the first images of its new 2016 car, ahead of the first pre-season test.
Winter running takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from the 22-25 February and the 1-4 March.
Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas remain at the team for a third consecutive season and will drive the FW38 for the first time next week.
The new car sports a white livery with red and blue Martini stripes, like the team's last two F1 machines, as well as a similar nose design. It certainly looks to be an evolution of the FW37, but deputy team principal Claire Williams says updates are scheduled for the season opener.
"Williams has started to cement our position back amongst the front running teams after finishing third in the championship in the past two seasons," founder and team principal Sir Frank Williams said. "This has been a great achievement given the resources of those around us.
"Staying where we are will be a challenge in itself, but we are determined to keep improving because only winning will ever be good enough. We have a very stable team going into 2016, with Felipe and Valtteri teaming up for a third successive season. They work well together and both have the ideal blend of speed and consistency.
"Our technical team has also remained very consistent which will be to our advantage and we have some of the best engineering minds on the grid at our disposal. We have a busy couple of weeks of testing coming up to learn more about our package and to refine the car ahead of the first race.
"We will have to wait until Melbourne to find out exactly where we stand in the pecking order but I’m confident that our hard work over the winter will stand us in good stead."
Felipe Massa added: "Securing third in the constructors’ championship for two consecutive years is a great achievement and one that comes with a lot of expectation - a momentum which I am excited to build on going into the new season.
"The team at the factory have worked really hard on the new car and we have spent a lot of time understanding where we need to improve. I have a lot of confidence in the team at Williams and I’m looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the FW38 to see how it performs."
Valtteri Bottas said: "This is always a really interesting and exciting time of the year because we have a new car and we can’t wait to get it out on track to see how it feels and how fast it is. It’s been a good winter and from what I’ve seen we seem to be headed in a good direction with this car.
"Testing next week will be our chance to see how our performance has improved since the last race. The development of the FW38 has been all positive in theory, now we just need to see it on track. As a team we need to be able to win races, which is what we are always trying to do."
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Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas remain at the team for a third consecutive season and will drive the FW38 for the first time next week.
The new car sports a white livery with red and blue Martini stripes, like the team's last two F1 machines, as well as a similar nose design. It certainly looks to be an evolution of the FW37, but deputy team principal Claire Williams says updates are scheduled for the season opener.
"Williams has started to cement our position back amongst the front running teams after finishing third in the championship in the past two seasons," founder and team principal Sir Frank Williams said. "This has been a great achievement given the resources of those around us.
"Staying where we are will be a challenge in itself, but we are determined to keep improving because only winning will ever be good enough. We have a very stable team going into 2016, with Felipe and Valtteri teaming up for a third successive season. They work well together and both have the ideal blend of speed and consistency.
"Our technical team has also remained very consistent which will be to our advantage and we have some of the best engineering minds on the grid at our disposal. We have a busy couple of weeks of testing coming up to learn more about our package and to refine the car ahead of the first race.
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"We will have to wait until Melbourne to find out exactly where we stand in the pecking order but I’m confident that our hard work over the winter will stand us in good stead."
Felipe Massa added: "Securing third in the constructors’ championship for two consecutive years is a great achievement and one that comes with a lot of expectation - a momentum which I am excited to build on going into the new season.
"The team at the factory have worked really hard on the new car and we have spent a lot of time understanding where we need to improve. I have a lot of confidence in the team at Williams and I’m looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the FW38 to see how it performs."
Valtteri Bottas said: "This is always a really interesting and exciting time of the year because we have a new car and we can’t wait to get it out on track to see how it feels and how fast it is. It’s been a good winter and from what I’ve seen we seem to be headed in a good direction with this car.
"Testing next week will be our chance to see how our performance has improved since the last race. The development of the FW38 has been all positive in theory, now we just need to see it on track. As a team we need to be able to win races, which is what we are always trying to do."
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