Williams FW46

[proteus]

The nose of the Williams is very soft on the front flat surface. Just seen the slow motion study of the final corner bouncing and whole nose section is flexing with the front wing.

[Moctecus]

Suzuka upgrades:



Williams' novel front wing diveplane has been replaced by a more conventional design:



The revised geometry on the inside of the endplate includes 2 horizontal fins:


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There were reports Sargeant would lose the upgrades after his crash due to a lack of spares. However, he never ran the new endplates, including when he crashed. So there were never enough parts for both cars.
In qualifying, neither car used the low downforce options, both instead opting for the same previously used beam wing and rear wing.

The low downforce rear wing looks like a carry over from 2023:


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[Moctecus]

More images of the new front wing endplates via AMuS:

[bigblue]

Even one of the slower, "in-crisis" teams in F1, produces such beautiful pieces of engineering art. Good stuff, and best wishes Williams. Keep fighting the fight.

[Henk_v]

Crisis is relative as long as we have Alpine...

Seriously, are they still in crisis? They seem to be allmost making the cost cap, have installed strong management, have a top driver and are no stranger to result anymore...

Leaves the old infrastructure and forced-in idiot drivers, but I think all considering, they are on a roll!

[Sevach]

The low downforce rear wing looks like a carry over from 2023:

https://i.imgur.com/ZXkfGVQ.jpeg
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It does, doesn't even have the newer style connection between flap and endplate that became so popular accross the grid.

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[gavingav1]

New flow conditioning around the Halo

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