Williams FW44

[FW17]

https://i.imgur.com/B3f8iwd.jpg

Isn't the pull rod placed a lot higher on the gear box casing than on last year or is just a illusion?

It almost looks like the rockets are placed above the clutch and below the turbine.

I thought the same of the Alfa. I foresee this being a trend this season

But Alfa is a pushrod setup

[Blackout]

https://i.imgur.com/B3f8iwd.jpg

Isn't the pull rod placed a lot higher on the gear box casing than on last year or is just a illusion?

It almost looks like the rockets are placed above the clutch and below the turbine.

The Merc pullrod is placed notoriously higher compared to other cars...
And AFAIK, Williams is using Merc transmission and casing this year
Merc since 2019 (yellow) vs standard (red):

[FW17]

https://i.imgur.com/B3f8iwd.jpg

Isn't the pull rod placed a lot higher on the gear box casing than on last year or is just a illusion?

It almost looks like the rockets are placed above the clutch and below the turbine.

The Merc pullrod is placed notoriously higher compared to other cars...
And AFAIK, Williams is using Merc transmission and casing this year
Merc since 2019 (yellow) vs standard (red):

Which teams is the last one

[Wouter]

Latifi and Albon after the shakedown about the new tires and wheel covers:

Latifi describes his experience as follows: "Visibility is definitely worse in some corners. It certainly depends on
what kind of curve you are dealing with, how much you steer and where you are looking. And you will have to get used to it.
But there are definitely moments when you just don't see as well [than in 2021]."

On a track as open as Silverstone, "it was okay," says Albon. "But we'll probably have bigger problems on city circuits like Monaco, Baku, Jeddah."
He explains: "When you're cornering, the wheels and covers block a lot of your field of vision, so you're looking further ahead into the corner.
But on a street circuit you only see the wall there and can't just look around it. That could get tricky."

You also have to change your mind in the duel situation, Albon continues: "It might just be more difficult to see where you are
where the front wing is and where the tires are."

https://www.formel1.de/news/testbericht ... chte-sicht

[Blackout]

Which teams is the last one

Renault.

[gandharva]

I fully agree with the guy that made this video. Very strange aero concept. Huge inlets everywhere but super narrow outlets.

[boyracer94]

[Sevach]

The fences on the Williams extend past the floor entrance.

[Blackout]

It's an interesting theory.
If they put winglets in the top duct like my masterful drawing shows, they can enhance air extraction from the rads and towards the outside, by making them create low pressure across their lower side.
Or simply shape the venetian blinds like winglets. But dunno if it's legal.

[JPBD1990]

It's an interesting theory.
If they put winglets in the top duct like my masterful drawing shows, they can enhance air extraction from the rads and towards the outside, by making them create low pressure across their lower side.
Or simply shape the venetian blinds like winglets. But dunno if it's legal.

https://i.imgur.com/CqiBQKz.jpg

Wow cool! This is why I love this site.

In your interpretation, however, wouldn’t it blow air up and out, and not down onto the floor and over the diffuser?

[jjn9128]

It's an interesting theory.
If they put winglets in the top duct like my masterful drawing shows, they can enhance air extraction from the rads and towards the outside, by making them create low pressure across their lower side.
Or simply shape the venetian blinds like winglets. But dunno if it's legal.

https://i.imgur.com/CqiBQKz.jpg

I think wrong direction - that may help cooling flow but will harm the rear wing and diffuser performance.

[PlatinumZealot]

The side pods are slow ramped only a small portion of it may end up in the legality box for the vents/louvres/gills.

[dren]

It looks like the diffuser inlet throat strakes are being used as barge boards.

[.poz]

Vortex

[Gecko]

It's an interesting theory.
If they put winglets in the top duct like my masterful drawing shows, they can enhance air extraction from the rads and towards the outside, by making them create low pressure across their lower side.
Or simply shape the venetian blinds like winglets. But dunno if it's legal.

https://i.imgur.com/CqiBQKz.jpg

I think the majority of the flow actually still goes through a heat exchanger. There is likely a small slot that lets some air out from the high pressure area before it enters the heat exchanger, and helps the tight packaging on the outside skin by reenergizing the flow there