The Williams F1 Team today (Tuesday 7 February) unveiled its new Williams-Renault FW34 machine to the world's media - the same car the 2012 FIA Formula Two champion will enjoy a prize test in.

Williams revealed its 2012 challenger at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit ahead of the first of four days of official Formula One testing at the Spanish venue. Returning driver Pastor Maldonado and newly signed Bruno Senna were both on hand to showcase the new car, along with Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan. The new car sees the reunion of the multiple championship winning Williams-Renault partnership, as the Oxfordshire-based team switches from its previous Cosworth V8s to the engine that powered Red Bull to the last two titles.

As with previous seasons, this year's Formula Two champion will be awarded a full test drive in the FW34 during Formula One's official rookie testing at the end of the year.

Williams has been a partner of F2 since the new era of the series returned in 2009 with the Grove squad also responsible for designing the JPH1 and subsequent JPH1B F2 cars.

F2 also has a proud record in the F1 rookie tests, with 2009 champion Andy Soucek setting the fastest overall time, 2010 champion Dean Stoneman going fifth fastest and last year's champion Mirko Bortolotti running seventh quickest - all against a hugely competitive field.

Places for the 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship are still available. Interested parties should contact championship coordinator James Gornall on +44 (0)1234 332439, +44(0)7872 674012 or by email on james.gornall@formulatwo.com.