Wheelbase
“From what I’ve seen, I wouldn’t say there’s a huge range – it’s more than there are one or two outliers,” says Williams Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe. “Mercedes are the longest, followed by Force India – but a lot of that is probably dictated by designs coming from Mercedes as Force India use Mercedes’ power unit and rear end.
“At Williams, we make our own gearbox, so we’re not tied in like that. I think the rest of the teams are in a similar cluster. Maybe we’re among the shortest, but it’s not a huge range.”
Having had a wheelbase of around 3,500mm for the W07 in 2016, analysis by other teams puts Mercedes’ 2017 W08 at about 3,760mm. At the other end of the scale, Williams’ FW40 comes in at around 3,545mm – around 45mm shorter than their 2016 FW38 – though as mentioned, the disparity everyone is studying most closely is that between Mercedes and Ferrari, with the latter measuring approximately 3,594mm – a full 166mm shorter than its championship rival.
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