Williams FW32 Cosworth

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marcush.
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yes of course it is the lwr wishbone...

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someone posted that the wing has no upright. It does, its just black and blends in with the inside edgeof the rear wing end plates. it looks to be a two leg upright with the wing hanging off the end of it aka Audi R15 TDi.

Front wing is very interesting with a split in the end plate to facilite air flow around the front tyre.

Higher nose is the way to go to create more space for air to flow between the front wheels. Brawn was the only team to really buck that trend last year and I think they will again this year because theyseem to have done a good job of mamanging flow around the wheels by pinching the chassis at teh right place and raising its underside.

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Confused_Andy
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surely they're just pictures of the FW31......
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=D>

FW31s were looking nice, but weren't fast - maybe due to Toyota engines :twisted:

let's see how FW32s are :D

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Confused_Andy wrote:surely they're just pictures of the FW31......
yep, they are FW31's!
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jac
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The FW32 certainly "looks" fast & agile. Just hoping they come up with a more imaginative/exciting livery this time - the 09 livery was soooo boring!

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It looks like they have kept last years tripple intakes at air scoop.

The front corners of the rear wing endplates look interesting, they seem to be pointed upwards. The end plates themselves seem to be quite large, too.

We can also seem from tomazy's picture that the front wing end plates are not one large piece, but two pieces.

jac
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tomazy wrote:Image
Certainly looks like it has a shorter wheelbase than the f10, or is it just me?

timbo
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jac wrote:
tomazy wrote:Image
Certainly looks like it has a shorter wheelbase than the f10, or is it just me?
And MP4-25 too.
I wonder whether it can be test mule -- new front end and old rear-end

allan
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timbo wrote:
jac wrote:
tomazy wrote:Image
Certainly looks like it has a shorter wheelbase than the f10, or is it just me?
And MP4-25 too.
I wonder whether it can be test mule -- new front end and old rear-end
I don't think so. This is an entirely new rear end, almost an exact copy of last year's redbull, and even lower than the MP4-25's. Pretty impressive i should say

EDIT: I wonder why they didn't go back to the the FW-26 front nose design. It fits the purposes of this year regulations, and the current general trend in front end design (super high nose with wide front wing attachments), doesn't it?

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horse
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tomazy wrote:Image
Raptor22 wrote:someone posted that the wing has no upright. It does, its just black and blends in with the inside edgeof the rear wing end plates. it looks to be a two leg upright with the wing hanging off the end of it aka Audi R15 TDi.
That was me! Still can't make them out on this picture!!!
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tomazy
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Yes, I cant see them also (am preaty sertan there ar no rear wing uprights and is attached just to the end plates), and I still dont know where the exhaust is?

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horse
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Possibly one central exhaust exiting at the very rear of the car? It's funny this year, isn't it, that everyone really really wants a look at the rear end of all the cars! What did Brawn do???
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