Williams FW36 Mercedes

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Williams T tray support could be like this

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Abu Dhabi Post-Season Test Session 2014 - Wednesday (26.11.2014)

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"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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I'll be writing an article in the near future about this baby, stay tuned!

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Article in the works, might become a 2 part feature since me and trinidefender will be talking about quite a few things, and not all solely unique to the williams wing.

I've been going through the numerous pictures of this thread and the FW35 thread (a big thanks to Stefan_!). What. A. Huge. Contrast. Last year they showed up already at China with 3 different front wings.
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Main planes, cascades, endplates and upper elements all changed several times throughout the season. In Monaco last year they showed up with the 2012 wing.

Again, a huge contrast to this year. So far I only noticed a small change to the endplate in the entire season. Everything else was fine tuning with gurney tabs and flap angles.
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They removed the outside end plate from the smaller cascade as well on the updated version.
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Good find.

There will most likely be other differences, but very, very small. That's a good sign, btw. It shows they started with a good wing in the first place and is something they understood very well, compared to last season. No doubt the influence from Pat Symonds.
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Agreed, their pace was pretty impressive over the whole season and even more impressive knowing that they introduced very few(visible) updates to the car.
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