Williams FW35 Renault

[raymondu999]

[stefan_]

United States 2013 - Thursday (14.11.2013)




via Dickie Stanford

[Seamus]

[roadie]

Thanks for the photos. What front wing will we see this race!

Looking forward to seeing more shots of the exhaust from different angles.

[Seamus]

Different front brakes

[trinidefender]

They are running different front brake ducts, testing parts perhaps?

[Sevach]

The one in Bottas car looks an awful lot like an FW34 brake duct.

[stefan_]

Rotating camera is on Williams' nosecone.



via Craig Scarborough

[roadie]

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Sky Sports saying the FW35 now sounds completely different to the other cars as they are not mapping the engine to blow the diffuser.

[stefan_]

I noticed the different sound today when we were onboard with Bottas, but I initially thought it was just me hearing stuff.

[scarlet]

Anyone else notice the front brake ducts tilt significantly downwards under braking from the new on board camera shot?

[kooleracer]

Why is williams so optimistic about the new exhaust position the 2014 exhaust positions are not even similar to their current solution. The 2014 will exist under the rear wing, so there is no correlation between the two solutions.

[Owen.C93]

Why is williams so optimistic about the new exhaust position the 2014 exhaust positions are not even similar to their current solution. The 2014 will exist under the rear wing, so there is no correlation between the two solutions.

But other teams are gaining large chunks of time with their exhausts and Williams aren't. When you remove these effects for 2014 obviously all the teams will lose time, but likely Williams less than others.

[kooleracer]

Why is williams so optimistic about the new exhaust position the 2014 exhaust positions are not even similar to their current solution. The 2014 will exist under the rear wing, so there is no correlation between the two solutions.

But other teams are gaining large chunks of time with their exhausts and Williams aren't. When you remove these effects for 2014 obviously all the teams will lose time, but likely Williams less than others.

I dont think Williams will gain. Remember the Mercs changing back from coanda and also being faster. The coanda effect is hard to master. Also Austin is not a good example of Williams pace i think a lot teams struggling with tyre temps etc. Also Williams 2012 solution is still adding downforce, in 2014 the exhaust will create no downforce at all. So they are still gaining from the gasses. But their pace looks solid.

[AnthonyG]

Anyone else notice the front brake ducts tilt significantly downwards under braking from the new on board camera shot?

I noticed that, but I'm not sure if they were actually doing that or if it was just an optical illusion.

It would make sense in a way if they could better manage brake temperature by this.