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Williams releases audio of FW38 fire-up

Williams has become the latest team to release audio of its 2016 car being fired up for the first time.

Following Ferrari's video of its new power unit being fired up in Maranello last week, McLaren and Manor have also followed suit with their own audio, with the fire-up a key part of a new car build.

On Monday, Mercedes released video of its new power unit which also showed off its exhaust configuration, with the team opting for two pipes from the wastegate as part of new regulations designed to increase the sound of the power units.

Now Williams has posted an audio clip on Twitter of the FW38 being fired up ahead of the start of pre-season testing next week.

The first test gets underway on Monday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the second test to follow a week later from March 1-4. Williams will roll its new car out in the pit lane on the opening day of testing.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.