Williams FW37 Mercedes

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GoranF1
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So,bassicaly Williams can drive 3 monkeys on their car now and all 3 of them can sit.
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ajnšpric_pumpa wrote:So,bassicaly Williams can drive 3 monkeys on their car now and all 3 of them can sit.
I think Pat Symonds said that every monkey you can carry gives you 0.8 to 1 second in laptime. It also makes it harder for cars to follow because of the bananas the monkeys eat.

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Old RW.

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Why the DRS is open?

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n_anirudh
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Are they still running the extra winglet. it seems to be hidden in the above pics

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n_anirudh wrote:Are they still running the extra winglet. it seems to be hidden in the above pics
I do not think they are testing today the 2 monkey seats. But they are using the rear flap at least partial opened.

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Formula 1 ‏@F1 4m4 minutes ago
WATCH: @ValtteriBottas on his team's aero work progress during morning session >> http://f1.com/1KcmoPA #F1Testing

flmkane
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Anybody else here think that this is a test for a proposed regulation change?

They ARE planning to make the cars much faster after the next 2 years. Those two winglets would be a very easy way to gain a lot of aero benefits, probably more because they'll be able to control the drag and dirty air induced by the rear tyres.

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AUTOSPORT ‏@autosport 3m3 minutes ago
Williams says the "weird parts" it debuted during #AustrianTest are aimed at data collection. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... 0awareness

Owen.C93
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Yeah it looks like they are testing different rear downforce levels. Easy gains with the winglets and diffuser skirts, and easy losses with the ajar rear wing.
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https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... _work.html

Besides what Bottas tells you, it was very weird seeing a car drive around with DRS open... Williams is up to some weird things.

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Pretty sure that's not a DRS zone :mrgreen: