The Williams FW22 was the car with which the
Williams team competed in the
2000 Formula One World Championship.
Design
An evolution of the previous season's
FW21, it marked the first year of the team's collaboration with
BMW as an engine supplier, a partnership that would last until the end of 2005; this was also the first Formula One car since to use BMW engines.
Along with its new
Compaq
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sponsorship, the FW22 introduced a dark blue on white livery that harkened back to that of the similarly BMW-powered
Brabham cars in the early 1980s.
Racing history
The FW22 proved to be extremely promising in the hands of young German driver
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a German former racing driver. He is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, and the pair are the only siblings to each win Formula One races.
Schumacher began kart ...
and English debutant
Jenson Button
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. Schumacher achieved eight points finishes (including three third places) and Button six; at the
Brazilian Grand Prix, the Englishman became the youngest driver at that time to score a World Championship point, aged 20 years and two months.
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 dominant
Ferrari and
McLaren teams.
Complete Formula One results
(
key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
References
Williams FW22
2000 Formula One season cars
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