Williams FW45

[Vanja #66]

A wild Arrows A23 appears!

[Henk_v]

That frontwing is so crancked, it hurts my eyes.....

[FW17]

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A wild Arrows A23 appears!

Looked like Soctt Dixon's Ganassi at first glance

[Moctecus]

[101FlyingDutchman]

Impressive packaging by Williams overall. That’s some watertunnel they’ve created.

[EJ22B]

Impressive packaging by Williams overall. That’s some watertunnel they’ve created.

Impressive by Williams standard but after seeing what Aston has achieved in packaging with the same mercedes pu and gearbox it looks substandard.

[tomazy]

Impressive packaging by Williams overall. That’s some watertunnel they’ve created.

Impressive by Williams standard but after seeing what Aston has achieved in packaging with the same mercedes pu and gearbox it looks substandard.

The waterslide on the Williams looks substandard to AM, but undercut on AM looks substandard to the Williams. You can't get everything. One could say, AM sidepods are essentialy original FW44 sidepods with flow separation barier at the side.

[joseff]

And I bet this "flow separation barrier" is what the FW44 hole was meant to do.

[Moctecus]

The AM and Williams sidepods really are quite different if you compare them directly. Here's a quick animation I put together:

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The AM and Williams sidepods really are quite different if you compare them directly. Here's a quick animation I put together:

https://s9.gifyu.com/images/WAM.gif

they meant the launch 2022 pods. Put a giant tyre wake blocking element on the sidepod of launch williams 2022 and you kind of have the amr (sidepod at least) therefore the packaging by Williams can at least be as good

[Moctecus]

they meant the launch 2022 pods. Put a giant tyre wake blocking element on the sidepod of launch williams 2022 and you kind of have the amr (sidepod at least) therefore the packaging by Williams can at least be as good

I'm aware.
I was just trying to illustrate how different their 2023 sidepod concepts actually are, adding to what tomazy said.

[Henk_v]

The AM and Williams sidepods really are quite different if you compare them directly. Here's a quick animation I put together:

https://s9.gifyu.com/images/WAM.gif

Just have a look at the difference in frontwing area and add to that the Williams wing is crancked up enormously. Williams is sure depending on a lot of FW downforce for balance!

[Mr Brooksy]

Just have a look at the difference in frontwing area and add to that the Williams wing is crancked up enormously. Williams is sure depending on a lot of FW downforce for balance!

That might explain some of the seesawing on the wheel I noticed in the morning session, during mid corner rotation, that we saw during the onboards with Albon?

[McG]

How come the Williams doesn't have many vents in the side compared to the likes of Ferrari? Looks very sleek with not many vents.

[EJ22B]

The AM and Williams sidepods really are quite different if you compare them directly. Here's a quick animation I put together:

https://s9.gifyu.com/images/WAM.gif

Just have a look at the difference in frontwing area and add to that the Williams wing is crancked up enormously. Williams is sure depending on a lot of FW downforce for balance!

What are the negatives of having to depend on a cranked up front wing for balance?