The Williams FW33 was a Formula One

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developed by Williams F1 for the

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. It was driven by Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello and 2010 GP2 Series champion and rookie driver Pastor Maldonado. The car was shaken down at

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on 28 January 2011, and made its full on-track debut at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, on 1 February 2011 in an interim testing livery. The definitive livery was released on 24 February, adding white, silver and red to the existing dark blue in a design directly inspired by the

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livery used from

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Season review

During the course of the season, it became clear that the car was much less competitive than the Williams FW32 as the car tended to lack pace and struggled in races. Both drivers retired from the first two races of the season. In the next three races, both drivers finished, but failed to score any points. This made it the worst start to a season in the history of the Williams team. Monaco saw an improvement in the team's fortunes as Barrichello finished 9th. It could have been a double points finish for the team, but Maldonado retired after a collision with Lewis Hamilton, but was classified in 18th place after finishing more than 90% of the race. The same result also occurred in the chaotic

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where Barrichello finished 9th and Maldonado again retired after he spun off during the race. No more points were to come for the team until

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, where Maldonado scored his first point with tenth place. This turned out to be the FW33's final point in F1; the team eventually finished the year ninth in the World Constructors' Championship standings, with five points, the team's lowest finish since its inaugural season in .

Gallery

File:Williams FW33 Barrichello 2011 Spanish GP.jpg, Rubens Barrichello 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, 22 May 2011 File:Williams FW33 Maldonado 2011 Spanish GP.jpg, Pastor Maldonado, 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, 22 May 2011 File:Williams FW33 Pastor Maldonado Singapore 2011.jpg, Pastor Maldonado, 2011 Singapore Grand Prix, 25 September 2011 File:2011 Italian GP - Barrichello.jpg, Rubens Barrichello during qualifying for the 2011 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 10 September 2011 File:2011 Canadian GP - Maldonado.jpg, Pastor Maldonado, 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, 12 June 2011 File:PastorMaldonadoMonaco.jpg, Pastor Maldonado, 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, 29 May 2011 File:F1 2011 AUS - 4.jpg, Williams F1 Pit Crew and FW33, 2011 Australia Grand Prix, Thursday practice session, 24 March 2011 File:2011 Australian GP Williams.jpg, Rubens Barrichello, 2011 Australia Grand Prix Qualifying, 26 March 2011 File:Pastor Maldonado's crash 2011 Malaysia FP2 1.jpg, Pastor Maldonado crash during Malaysian Grand Prix second (Friday) practice session, 8 April 2011 File:Pastor Maldonado's crash 2011 Malaysia FP2 2.jpg, Pastor Maldonado exiting car after his crash during Malaysian Grand Prix practice session, 8 April 2011

Complete Formula One results

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) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed >90% of the race distance.

References

External links

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