Williams FW38 Mercedes

[LookBackTime]

[Martin_F]

We'll see if Valtteri gets to try out new parts now that he is ahead in the drivers championship.
Like a new rear wing for example...

[domh245]

AMuS have been having a snoop around the new nose in Baku

[Martin_F]

Thanks for the pics @domh245
Now it's finally been demystified, there is no air channel under that nose cone.

[Zynerji]

Then what is the V slot in the last pic?

[Carbon]

Then what is the V slot in the last pic?

Looks like an air exit, not an intake or channel?

[BanMeToo]

Air could go in the front grille and come out of the v slot? Right? That's how it looks to a layman....

[Martin_F]

You are right, @Zynerji. I didn't even look too closely at that area, since the sketches I'd seen all had the exit right behind the nose where the white color changes over to the black unpainted area.


Interesting how people knew about it, if it's that far back and that hard see with the nose being installed on the car.
Unless there have been a couple revisions since.

[Pierce89]

2-Bottas was blasting away from Rosberg out of the hairpin, like seriously blasting away, like he had 50 more horses
Rosberg could never get close enough to attempt anything, traction looks good =D>

Every team was blasting away from Mercedes out of the hairpin. Merc apparently chose to compromise their car there in exchange for a gain someplace else. Both Merc drivers had to take a very large, round arc thru that corner instead of pinching down at the apex and powering off sooner in a straight-ish line.

Certainly agree with the rest of your observations. Let's hope Williams produce more of those magic suspension parts in time for Massa at Baku.

c'mon folks, immediately off the hairpin , the leading car always looks like it's just leaping away from the following car.

As for Mercedes, it was just looking weak out of the hairpin ,like that, because we spent the entire race watching Mercs attack people from behind.

[Sevach]

The new wing has been brought(and assembled) to Baku, fingers crossed.

[domh245]

The new wing has been brought(and assembled) to Baku, fingers crossed.

Is this another new front wing, or the same design that debuted in Bahrain?

[Martin_F]

The new wing has been brought(and assembled) to Baku, fingers crossed.

Is this another new front wing, or the same design that debuted in Bahrain?

He's talking about the rear wing.

Glad to see it on Valtteri's car.

[domh245]

The new wing has been brought(and assembled) to Baku, fingers crossed.

Is this another new front wing, or the same design that debuted in Bahrain?

He's talking about the rear wing.

Glad to see it on Valtteri's car.

That'd make sense, what with the photo attached to the post being of the car without a front wing! My bad. I'm just so used to new wings being at the front of the car.

[LookBackTime]

[Martin_F]

Well, looks like both cars are running the new rear wing then. Exciting!
Any theories on the extra cable/wire going up to the DRS actuator? An extra sensor for safety?