WilliamsF1 launched their 2006 season race car, the FW28, at their headquarters near Oxford this afternoon. The FW28 is a manifestly purposeful race car, its defining visual cue being the aggressive barbed sting on the back of the engine cover. With new engine supplier Cosworth and tyre company Bridgestone, the team aims to push forward as the best independent team in F1.
hehe, it looks like there is 5 planes there at one point.scarbs wrote:Its always struck me that these cascades on the endplates, when added to a triple element front wing are contravening the maximum three element rule for front and rear wings!
Although, then again, it is only testing - it doesn't have to be legal.I thought I read an interview with Mclaren's senior aerodynamicist (the name escapes me) and in it he mentioned they are allowed to place as many elements on the front wing as they like, unlike at the rear. But he said the optimal solution is two or three elements.scarbs wrote:Its always struck me that these cascades on the endplates, when added to a triple element front wing are contravening the maximum three element rule for front and rear wings!
The front wing must not exceed 1400mm across, by 550mm deep and 200mm high. However, there is no limit on the number of aerofoils within that specified area – unlike the rear wing, which is restricted to two. “In theory,” says Doug, “we could run 30, 40 or even more elements. However, typically we fit just three and this can drop to as few as two for a low-downforce circuit, such as Monza in Italy.”
