Williams FW33

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[Richard]

Great livery, especially the numbers. From f1fanatic tweet.

[ringo]

This car is quick. It could be fighting with the merc and mclaren.

[jenkF1]

This car is quick. It could be fighting with the merc and mclaren.

As much as I love it and its been quick, its still doesn't look in the Merc or Mclarens league at the moment.

[dren]

Hard to tell where the Renault is at the moment, but so far I'd put the Williams as best of the rest. We'll see in a few hours!

[zgred]

[Formula None]

Thanks again, zgred. Hopefully the RB7 box breaks cover soon.

You can pretty clearly see the bosses for mounting the torsion bars/bellcranks (the conical shape at the base, below the portholes).

Also, is this upside-down single keel suspension setup pretty unique? I haven't seen that at the rear before.

[Francesc]

This car is quick. It could be fighting with the merc and mclaren.

As much as I love it and its been quick, its still doesn't look in the Merc or Mclarens league at the moment.

Why you would say that? Because of the fast laps of each driver? You will be surprised.

[Tim.Wright]

Also, is this upside-down single keel suspension setup pretty unique? I haven't seen that at the rear before.

It pretty interesting geometry. Even though thr upper arms are longer (upside down single keel) it looks like they have still managed to get camber gain into the suspension by sloping the lower arm downward and keeping the upper one parallel to the ground.

This will unfortunately give you a higher roll centre but the losses due to this are probably (hopefully!) mitigated by the better aero performance. Possibly...

Tim

[Formula None]

Nice perspective on the tiny gearbox:

[n_anirudh]

AT&T Williams

[CHT]

read that Williams is going to introduce the RBR style exhaust system for Shanghai GP. Will that "upgrade" worth 0.5sec?

[raymondu999]

It depends how well it works, on their implementation, and how much that actually affects their aero. RBR's rear end is very different from Williams' nonexistent rear end configuration. Also I don't think we can actually use tenths to quantify upgrades. Most teams do, but it's rubbish IMO. I mean, something that gains you 0.5s at Monza probably wouldn't gain you 0.5s in Suzuka. Considering different corners, different straight lengths, different lap lenghs etc

[Formula None]

Looks like they were testing different radiator exit sizes (in the last two images).

Edit: clarified.

[raymondu999]

Isn't it the same in the first 2 pictures?