AT&T Williams FW32 will be unveiled on 1st February at the start of the first official test session - no formal launch ceremony.axle wrote:Car Launch Dates:
AT&T Williams FW32 :
Virgin Racing (Manor) VR-01 : UK Shake Down 4th Feb
Virgin:axle wrote:VR-01 - First test is in another country...if they are only firing up for the first time in the factory on the 3rd then actually running on the 4th is a bit of a surprise, I expect that time line to slip. As for timing it's public debut for after the first test it's good PR management. Why on earth would you choose to share column inch space with the other launches?!?
I'll edit the FW32 date.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80841"Basically, the plan is to shake the car down in the UK," Wirth told AUTOSPORT. "The fire-up is planned to be for Friday the 29th [of January], although I think it will probably be earlier, and we'll shake the car down in the week of the 1st of February. That was always the plan.
"To be honest, we were also planning to miss the first Jerez test. But as we got into August and September we thought we had a chance to bring it forward and do as much testing as possible. So we plan to shake it down in the UK, possibly on the 3rd but more likely on the 4th and 5th [of February], and then ship the thing out and start running on the 10th of February at Jerez."
Yep I've *guessed* that we'll first see the car on the 4th...imightbewrong wrote:....
Thanks, I hadn't seen the free 50km. Wirth mentioned using Silverstone (if the snow has gone), so that's 14 laps in total, or 7 laps each for the 2 carsCMSMJ1 wrote:You get a freebie 50km to shake the car down. Make sure it works, nothing leaks and that it doesn't busrt into flame...
richard_leeds wrote:Thanks, I hadn't seen the free 50km. Wirth mentioned using Silverstone (if the snow has gone), so that's 14 laps in total, or 7 laps each for the 2 carsCMSMJ1 wrote:You get a freebie 50km to shake the car down. Make sure it works, nothing leaks and that it doesn't busrt into flame...
