S5 E3: The 2004 'Walrus' Williams
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🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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We look into why the team tried it, why it didn’t work, and the upheaval Williams was going through behind the scenes, with both drivers moving on for 2005, a major technical shake-up inside the team, and growing tension with BMW.
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| 0:00.0 | Williams came so close to winning the World Championship in 2003 that hopes were sky |
| 0:12.0 | high heading into the following season. But 2004 ended up being a year of total domination |
| 0:18.0 | for Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, while Williams slumped a fourth |
| 0:22.3 | in the Constructors' Championship as B.A.R. and Renault emerged as best of the rest. It was a |
| 0:27.8 | turbulent year on and off track for Williams, and one that is most remembered for what became known |
| 0:33.7 | as the Walrus nose on the FW 26. Joining me, Glenn Freeman, to look back on the team's bold design that didn't pay off |
| 0:41.3 | are a popular duo here on Bring Back V10s, Jonathan Williams and Karun Chanduk. |
| 0:46.8 | And Jonathan, I wanted to come to you first. |
| 0:49.9 | Really just to thank you for returning to the show not long after the passing of your father, Frank. |
| 0:55.2 | Everyone in the Bring Back V10s community has kept the Williams family very close in our thoughts over recent weeks. |
| 1:01.6 | I wanted to say that we will of course continue to honour everything that Frank and his team achieved for a long time to come here on the show. |
| 1:10.4 | Thank you. Well, very, very kind words and |
| 1:14.3 | very much appreciated for sure, not only by myself, but also all of our family. And it's going to be |
| 1:22.6 | a privilege to keep on going on these talks and just sort of talking a little bit more about |
| 1:27.2 | what the achievements were for Williams, which of course to us and the family and to others |
| 1:32.6 | means my father above, above most things, which are William. So looking forward to just |
| 1:39.3 | cherishing all of the memories a little bit further this way. So, but no, thank you. Thank you all. |
| 1:44.9 | Yeah, it's going to be great to have you on again in the future. |
| 1:48.4 | Obviously, the car we're talking about today wasn't one of Williams' more successful ones, |
| 1:53.5 | but it is hugely memorable and a big part of the team's history. |
| 1:57.9 | So, Jonathan, when you think back to the original walrus nose spec the team had |
| 2:03.2 | at the start of the year in 2004, what's the first thing that comes to mind? |
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