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 Jenson Button's FW22 on display at the Williams Conference Centre | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Williams | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Patrick Head (Technical Director) Gavin Fisher (Chief Designer) Brian O'Roake (Chief Composites Engineer) Mark Tatham (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Geoff Willis (Head of Aerodynamics) Jason Somerville (Principal Aerodynamicist) Nick Alcock (Principal Aerodynamicist) Paul Rosche (Chief Engine Designer (BMW)) Werner Laurenz (Technical Engine Director (BMW)) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Williams FW21 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Williams FW23 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Williams double wishbone, torsion bar, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Williams double wishbone, coil spring, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Engine | BMW E41/4 2,998 cc (182.9 cu in) V10 (72°) naturally aspirated mid-engined | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Williams 7-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential | ||||||||||
| Power | 810 hp (604 kW) @ 17,500 RPM[1] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Petrobras | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Castrol | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | BMW Williams F1 Team | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 9.  Ralf Schumacher10.  Jenson Button | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2000 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
The Williams FW22 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 2000 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by German Ralf Schumacher in his second season with the team and British rookie Jenson Button who replaced Alessandro Zanardi in the team who was dropped after just one season with the Grove outfit (and subsequently returned to CART) following a poor 1999 season.
This was the first Formula One car powered by a BMW engine since the Megatron-badged Arrows A10B in 1988.
- ^ DeMattia, Nico (25 July 2015). "One of the greatest engines in history of Formula 1: BMW V10". BMW BLOG. Retrieved 15 November 2020.