Williams FW35 Renault

[Huntresa]

So they brought the 2012 car along. Promotional work, or a different reason?

Is that not the 2013 car with the 2012 stepped nose and front wing? It has the new quad strakes on the side pods and the new rear wing

I doubt it. The exhaust is completely different.

Assuming the exhaust pic is of that car with the stepped nose

[Sevach]

The plot thickens.
The stepped nose car has last years brake ducts.

[turbof1]

It's really the 2012 car :p. The pictures come from the same batch; they are from the same car, the 2012 one. The 2013 car stands in the box.

The real question is why did they brought it along? 99% of me says promotional work, but 1% hopes they ditch the 2013 car and race the 2012 one, just because they can .

[tomazy]

Well, if the pic are from the same car, than this is not the 2012 car, becouse rear suspention has the pull rod going throu lower wishbone, and not in front of it as it did last year. The gearbox cower is from this year too, and the strakes on top of the sidepods and the rear wing. The front wing, nose, vains under the nose and the brake ducts (no wheel nut blowing?) are from last year.

[stefan_]

Monaco 2013 - Wednesday (22.05.2013)


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[tomazy]

Great pics as allways stefan =D>

If we forger the FW34.5 car, there is a lot of updates on FW35. Modified FW, cooling holes on top of the sidepods, and an interesting new bump on the engine cower, just bellow the R of Reanult.

[turbof1]

Well, if the pic are from the same car, than this is not the 2012 car, becouse rear suspention has the pull rod going throu lower wishbone, and not in front of it as it did last year. The gearbox cower is from this year too, and the strakes on top of the sidepods and the rear wing. The front wing, nose, vains under the nose and the brake ducts (no wheel nut blowing?) are from last year.

Yes you are right, I made too fast the assumption it was the 2012 car due it the multiple differences. Looks like a bit of mashup.

[Sevach]

Great pics as allways stefan =D>

If we forger the FW34.5 car, there is a lot of updates on FW35. Modified FW, cooling holes on top of the sidepods, and an interesting new bump on the engine cower, just bellow the R of Reanult.

Is there really a bump there or is it an optical illusion? I'm having a hard time figuring out...

On the previous page we can see the car with the bodywork Maldonado used in Barcelona.

[shelly]

Very interesting detail of the top winglet endplate with doubke slot - also the flap has a huge number of supposrts in the slot(5-7?) that probably merge into vortex genretors on the underside of the wing

[Huntresa]

Williams running 2012 fw during fp1

[Coefficient]

https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/546/fw7.jpg

Very interesting detail of the top winglet endplate with doubke slot - also the flap has a huge number of supposrts in the slot(5-7?) that probably merge into vortex genretors on the underside of the wing

Is that a reflection or have they added some Chines to the top of the Nose?

[marcush.]

Wasn´t the crashstructure anitemthat needs to be fully enclosed by bodywork?

[zoro_f1]

the 34.5 car or whatever it's called was used in FP1... i don't know what times were set with this car because maldonado looked competitive.




Monaco Grand Prix: Free practice times 1
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 16.195s
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 16.282s
3. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m 16.380s
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 16.394s
5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 16.469s
6. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m 16.993s

[Sevach]

Now in FP2 Maldonado has the new nose (with cameras on the nose, which is new) and last years FW.

Bottas more or less has the Barcelona bodywork.

[Huntresa]

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Wil ... 686788.jpg

Wasn´t the crashstructure anitemthat needs to be fully enclosed by bodywork?

Same but different like toro rosso