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Williams FW33 Cosworth

Team: Patrick Head (Director of Engineering), Alex Burns (CEO), Frank Williams (TP), Ed Wood (CD), Jon Tomlinson (HA), Sam Michael (TD)
Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (11), Pastor Maldonado (12), Valtteri Bottas (test)

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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:23 pm

gridwalker wrote:Hrmmm ... just saw a williams and the wing looked normal. Was I just seeing things?


No I saw it as well, exactly as you described.
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:30 pm

Yeah, I just saw it again : it is nice to know I wasn't imagining it!
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:06 pm

I saw it too, not found any pics yet but it looked pretty nice
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:37 pm

I'm guessing it was on Barrichello's car, as he's their lead driver : he came 7th in FP2, so hopefully it isn't just a pretty feature.

I'd love to see williams climbing back up the rankings.
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:46 pm

I'm 99% sure I saw it on Pastor's car in FP2
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:53 pm

Really? That's 17th then ... oh well.
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:02 pm

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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:03 pm

Pictures at last! Showing Pastor using it, no idea if Rubens was running it though, not sure if I even saw him in FP2
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:16 pm

Thanks Zgred. That is a nice looking bit of kit, shame it went so slowly in Pastor's hands :(
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:30 pm

gridwalker wrote:Thanks Zgred. That is a nice looking bit of kit, shame it went so slowly in Pastor's hands :(

Old front wing though, maybe old floor too (think they got a new one for Montreal?)
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:53 pm

I'd expect to see both running new parts in FP3 or maybe one running both new wings and one running old wings.

What does the new rear-wing hope to achieve? It's a pretty radical wing
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:56 pm

What is the theory surrounding the curved rear wing? Is the intake/roll bar structure upsetting flow allowing a greater AoA in the center of the wing?

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Post Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:49 am

It's Pastor's first time on the montreal circuit. He wont come up to speed too easily.
For the same reasons they put De La Rosa in the suaber and not Gutierez.
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Post Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:52 am

hardingfv32 wrote:What is the theory surrounding the curved rear wing? Is the intake/roll bar structure upsetting flow allowing a greater AoA in the center of the wing?

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They are just reducing the camber on the outer parts of the wing. This reduces drag.
High camber is draggy and also creates more upwash; which is more drag and bigger vortices.
Renault do something similar, but they try to retain more downforce, as the the air speed is higher at the end plates, so it's "W" shaped.
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Post Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:24 pm

Flexible front wing?
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