Williams FW38 Mercedes

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Alberto Rodríguez ‏@Albrodpul 1m1 minute ago
Además, el soporte del cajetín de flaps (rojo) también presenta un pequeño corte que lo divide en 2. #TechF1

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Bite-size tech: Williams FW38 front wings

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bite- ... ontent=www


Williams has shipped in two new front wings that were used during FP3 as it looks for an uplift in performance to fight both those ahead in the championship and soften the threat from Force India behind.



The wing used by Bottas above is very similar to the design already employed by Williams but rather than having the small teeth on the flaps to improve flow between the flaps and stop debris/tyre marbles collecting in the gap, it is finished with a new paint which has more surface roughness, much like a sharks skin.



On Massa's car the team has a heavily revised design with a new endplate fin [1], which abruptly curves upward. Inside the main cascade is a new vertical control vane [2], which has a slot toward the leading edge to improve flow distribution around its surface.

The cascades mounting leg [3]has also been furnished with a slot for much the same purpose, whilst the 'r' cascade [4] has been reprofiled with a much less angular leading edge and tilts over toward the endplate

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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bite- ... i=23&tii=1

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Williams gives all-clear for new wing return at Silverstone

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/willi ... ne-795756/

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From Albert Fabrega ES ‏@AlbertFabrega:

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From AMUS:

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From Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsTech:

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Bottas has the new wing for now.

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Andreas Haupt ‏@andihaupt1
#F1: #Williams different frontwings. #AMuS, #BritishGP

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High resolution pictures!

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[Drica]

It looks to me that Williams are a bit lost. IIRC they said that they will focus more on mechanical grip and overall downforce, especially in the wet weather conditions. And we can see that, they've added more vortex generators on the sidepods, shifted from their own FW design to a more Mercedes influenced design, the engine cover is now closed, suspension geometry has been changed and what did they get? They are falling down the pecking order. And then, couple of days ago, i read that they won't sacrifice their low drag philosophy, because they believe it's not worth it. I mean, what's the point then?

[bill shoe]

If 2017 technical regs were carrying over without much change (like 2015 to 2016) then Williams would have a serious philosophical quandary on their hands-- keep improving their own path or copy what other teams are doing? The relatively large change in 2017 makes it impossible to copy anyone else. Hope the lack of anyone to copy doesn't stop them from doing some big-picture thinking about what other cars are doing well. Sometimes looking outward can stimulate your own thoughts and clarity...

[Jolle]

It looks to me that Williams are a bit lost. IIRC they said that they will focus more on mechanical grip and overall downforce, especially in the wet weather conditions. And we can see that, they've added more vortex generators on the sidepods, shifted from their own FW design to a more Mercedes influenced design, the engine cover is now closed, suspension geometry has been changed and what did they get? They are falling down the pecking order. And then, couple of days ago, i read that they won't sacrifice their low drag philosophy, because they believe it's not worth it. I mean, what's the point then?

Or... They are very efficient. Good investment in 2013, third in '14 and '15 (best possible) and now 4th with minimal investments. And it doesn't look bad for 2017 (4th? 5th?)