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• Dark Horse: Williams-Toyota FW31 unveiled in Portugal

  Filed under: Motorsports Click on the image above for a high-res gallery of the new Williams FW31 It's been a long time since Williams stood atop the Formula 1 world, but back when they were, nobody could take them down. They've won seven drivers' championships, with such pilots as Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jacques Villeneuve and Ayrton Senna - and taken nine constructors' championships just to wash 'em down. But that was a long time ago, and since then the team has fallen far from the top. Could this be the year they come back? With F1's technical regulations turned all topsy-turvy for 2009, Williams was the first to start preparing. They're also the only team to go with a mechanical Kinetic Energy Recovery System, opting for a flywheel to store recovered braking energy instead of the battery-based systems developed by the other teams. The flywheel is installed in the new FW31, powered by a Toyota engine and unveiled at the new Algarve circuit in Portugal... Posted Jan 19 2009, 08:58 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Motorsports, Formula1, formula one, FormulaOne, formula 1, f1, williams, 2009 formula one, 2009FormulaOne, WilliamsF1, williams f1, williams toyota, AttWilliamsF1, WilliamsFw31, williams fw31, fw31, att williams f1, williams grand prix, williams-toyota, WilliamsToyota, WilliamsGrandPrix