THE two Grove-built WilliamsF1 cars that will run at Jerez in testing this week will be adorned with numbers that have been notable for the team over the past three decades.
They are the fourth of a series of winter liveries released to celebrate Williams' 30th year of competing in Formula One.
Discounting a number of non-championship races that the team have contested, such as the 1980 Spanish GP and the 1981 South African GP, Williams will record their 500th GP in Monza this year.
If the team complete all racing laps, they will, by Barcelona, record their 50,000th racing lap.
Over 30 years of Formula One, Williams have enjoyed enduring rivalry with some of the sport's greatest names. The team's record in this company is as follows: Williams have won 23.3 per cent of the races they have entered .This record is slightly behind Ferrari (win ratio of 26.5 per cent) and McLaren (24.8 per cent).
With a number of landmarks due to be passed during the 2008 season, the team's current record by numbers, prior to the start of the new season, is as follows:
233,787: Kilometres raced
49,634: Laps raced
34,651: Kilometres led
7,470: Laps led
2,552.5: Total points scored
485: Grand Prix contested
295: Podium finishes
216: Races led
129: Fastest Laps
125: Pole positions
113: Victories
68: Races won from pole position
61: Number of locked out front rows, a record
45: Number of victories led from start to finish
33: One - Two victories
24: The number of consecutive poles (1992 - 1993), a record 15: Number of pole positions secured in one season (out possible 16), and achieved two years in succession and 1993), a record shared only with McLaren
12: The highest number of wins claimed in one season (1996)
9: Constructors' Championships
7: Drivers' Championships
7: The highest number of successive wins (1993)
5: Engine partnerships
3: Average Championship position
2: Queen's Award for Export.
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