Williams has revealed that its new 2012 car, the FW34, had already passed the necessary FIA crash tests in December. In a new rule introduced by the F1 governing body for this year, all cars must have passed every test before being able to run.
“We passed all the various crash tests before Christmas,” confirms Mark Gillan, Williams’ Chief Operations Engineer. “General performance trends look very encouraging and the processes, in terms of development and on the design side, have dramatically changed. So it’s looking very encouraging.
"Going forwards, I’d say we are on target. We want to be consistently in the points and in the top ten. We want to be through to Q3 and scoring points at the end of the race. I am confident that we can achieve that goal.”
As announced on Tuesday, Pastor Maldonado is now joined by Bruno Senna who makes the switch from Lotus Renault GP. This leaves F1 stalwart Rubens Barrichello on the sidelines. As Cosworth engines are replaced, Renault power returns.
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