GP-REPLICAS - WILLIAMS - F1 FW08 N 5 7th SWISS GP 1982 DEREK DALY

The Williams team made the definitive leap in quality with the FW07, the latest version of which was used in the initial GPs of 1982. Starting from the Belgian GP, the new FW08 was ready for Keke Rosberg and Derek Daly. The FW08 was a fairly conventional single-seater, equipped with the classic Ford Cosworth V8 engine. Even though he won only one GP (that of Switzerland, raced in Dijon), Keke Rosberg became world champion, taking advantage of the upheavals of a crazy season.

Derek Daly (Dundrum, Dublin, 1953) made his F.1 debut in 1978 with the Ensign. In 1982 he suddenly found himself catapulted into a leading team having to replace Carlos Reutemann who had decided to retire after the first GPs of the season. It debuted with the FW08 in Zolder. At the Swiss GP, in Dijon, he finished ninth after qualifying seventh. He scored only eight points in the season and at the end of the year he left Williams and also F.1.