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Tobias Grüner AMuS ‏@tgruener
#F1 Updates final Barcelona test: Williams to run new single pillar mounted rearwing, new floor & new sidepod deflectors.

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Pretty sure they have a lot of cooling bits up there. Maybe Mercedes found that moving it up there saves weight with less piping, and frees up a lot of space in the sidepods where more downforce is generated?

The Merc sidepods are definitely very small, not just horizontally but vertically as well.

[dren]

I'd think if that's the case they would have a larger shape to the fin area moving back towards the exhaust, like Mclaren has. Maybe it's a liquid to air charge cooler and cools the liquid in the radiators in the side pods. You wouldn't need the airflow in that area then, like Mclaren requires.

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Williams fastest, Red Bull slowest on F1 2015 top speed chart

http://thisisf1.com/2015/02/25/williams ... eed-chart/

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So, Williams is at the top of the speed traps again.

On the assumption that Mercedes will be dominant for a second year running would it be wise, or even possible, for Williams to optimise the car explicitly for high-speed circuits and go for wins there?

It seems to me that there are quite a few high-speed circuits this year - Monza, Spa, Austria, Canada, Sochi - where Williams might press for a win with a low-drag/high-speed set-up. Austria and Spa last year were lost opportunities, I think.

This might/may come at the expense of performance at higher downforce circuits, but I don't think that they were in with a change for a win at these circuits anyway.

I'd love to see some Williams wins this year.

[Juzh]

Spa last year were lost opportunities, I think.

How was spa a missed opportunity? They simply didn't have the pace.

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The new Central Mounted Rear Wing:

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Matt Somerfield ‏@SomersF1
Aero update on the @WilliamsRacing also includes an additional VG, curved airflow conditioners & serrated bargeboard

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Great images guys, keep them coming!

So the new rear wing pillar circles around the exhaust and connects to the top of the gearbox?

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Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
In adding the new rear wing support pillar, Williams have also removed the low beam wing that used to support the wing

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