Upswing in Williams rear wing
In recent years, teams moved from straight, horizontal elements on their rear wings to curves in all possible ways. This year several teams, including McLaren, Red Bull and Renault have opted for simpler wings in their medium downforce configurations. Williams and Ferrari on the other hand are the exemptions on this rule. The British team have now developed a wing that sweeps up in the centre of the car. It mimics the design of a Renault wing at Bahrain 2006. The design aims to generate downforce at the sides of the car and reduce drag in the middle of the wing, combining the best of both worlds.
This is quite ironic, when you think of it, that the sole podium Williams achieved so far was with a FW29 suffering from a badly damaged rear wing! Teams invest millions in those aero details we comment here, and Montreal proved how limited of a factor aerodynamics finally are, compared to the race events influence...
Again, I made a technically useless comment, but I was encouraged to do so in a precedent post by our webmaster in person! lol :P Thank you Tomba :wink: