marcush. wrote:W03 s cast is molded already..there is not much to alter in terms of general layout as the major bits and pieces are already in production.
The guys joining now will have an effect on hardware maybe in detail tweaks that are possible to do on the fly and the first major impact will come with the upgrade for the european season next year.
Of course their expertise will be invaluable to asess the W02 performance at the end of year.In the case of Willis he must have quite a bit of info about RedBulls technology as he was there not too long ago ..
From what i belive, MGP W03-01 has been cast and taken out its mould and bonded to the other half of the tub as Mercedes use the top/bottom lay up technique. It was taken out the mould in mid/late September and will be at least 6 weeks to get it thrugh the finishing booth and get it ready for crash testing in late November at the earliest.
If it passes the tests, whitch will have a new roll hoop test (from the Webber-Kovalinen-Valencia accedent), id expect this chassis to be used at launch and for Test #1 at Jerez and Test #2 at Barcelona with Test #3 being used for shaking down #2 and #3 chassis. Id also expect this tub to see do the Mujello winter young guys test as well as being the tub that does the early season unbuilt T Car duities.
Wills will have little to no influence, he can guide and refine, but thats all, however id expect him to do as much as he can to the areas he can that arnt homologated. The MGP W04 will fully benifit from Wills and Costas tallent.
