Williams FW43B

[Thunder]

This is the Williams FW43B offical car thread.

Please discuss ONLY technical items of this car, and refrain from speculation.

General discussion about the team, its drivers and performance can be posted in the team thread.

Livery Talk also belongs in the Team Thread. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=29597

[desl]

[senja]

But resources are limited. And on that pictures, everything looks exactly the sam as last year Williams, except the floor. So, I doubt that anyone will spend any resources on analyzing that.

sidepods are completely different...

Doesn't look much different to me...

[Morteza]

[Sevach]

Chunky engine cover, small(er) sidepods.
Enhanced version of last year.

Sofina and Acronis still on the car but much smaller.

[charliesmithhd]

But resources are limited. And on that pictures, everything looks exactly the sam as last year Williams, except the floor. So, I doubt that anyone will spend any resources on analyzing that.

sidepods are completely different...

Doesn't look much different to me...
https://i.imgur.com/Wm5fvJJ.jpg
https://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/pho ... ce/503.jpg

note the 43's split between horizontal and vertical sidepod elements, whilst on the 43b they're connected

[dodds_turbo]

Doesn't the WIlliams website just say its a livery launch ? So last years car ?

Looks like a few updates to bring it in line with 2021 regs-
new front wing,
sidepods reduced in size a little
new sidepod elements
new floor cut away toward rear wheels, etc.

it is a FW43B car so literally a B-spec 2020 car.

[Jolle]

Looks like they set the rear shrinking machine for the engine cover on blow instead of suck.

[Morteza]

[Blackout]

Yeah, that swollen engine cover is typical of the last 2 or 3 Williams cars.
I've found a part of the explanation here
viewtopic.php?p=953087#p953087

[wogx]

According to a rumour from the team thread

Ok this is actually really funny, but take it with a grain of salt cause it comes from a friend of a friend that's related to ferrari.
So this 3D model that was in the app and was ripped IS THE ACTUAL CAD 3D MODEL IN HIGH DETAIL. FIA has sent an official notice to all the other F1 teams that they are not allowed to have this model on the PCs and that it is considered espionage, so someone at Williams was """smart"""enough to upload the ACTUAL CAR in a high grade 3D model in an unencrypted state.

Some parts have been simplified, others look almost like CAD models



If that rumour is true - is this model good enough to base a simple CFD analysis on it?



S-duct



Rear suspension



Rear wing



Front wheel rim (nice 90's look )



Front wing cross-section




Bargeboards



Link to the 3D model
https://t.co/akFaAkKBux?amp=1

[variante]

If that rumour is true - is this model good enough to base a simple CFD analysis on it?

Ohhh yeah, it is...
One little issue is the lack of internal geometries. Guesstimated boundary conditions would have to be applied to all inlets/outlets. Not a big deal anyway.
Diffuser's strakes are also missing, event though it's not hard to reproduce them.

[GioKer32]

According to a rumour from the team thread

Ok this is actually really funny, but take it with a grain of salt cause it comes from a friend of a friend that's related to ferrari.
So this 3D model that was in the app and was ripped IS THE ACTUAL CAD 3D MODEL IN HIGH DETAIL. FIA has sent an official notice to all the other F1 teams that they are not allowed to have this model on the PCs and that it is considered espionage, so someone at Williams was """smart"""enough to upload the ACTUAL CAR in a high grade 3D model in an unencrypted state.

Some parts have been simplified, others look almost like CAD models

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... hUYlEh.jpg

If that rumour is true - is this model good enough to base a simple CFD analysis on it?

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... tkwkUx.jpg

S-duct

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... v2JmKa.jpg

Rear suspension

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... iLUlq3.jpg

Rear wing

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 7ZR3sX.jpg

Front wheel rim (nice 90's look )

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... bPztxI.jpg

Front wing cross-section

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 6ORvdZ.jpg
https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 5rlTrB.jpg

Bargeboards

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 0540x6.jpg

Link to the 3D model
https://t.co/akFaAkKBux?amp=1

Wow it's amazing...but are these files safe? I wouldn't like to download them and find out there is a virus in them.

[ScrewCaptain27]

According to a rumour from the team thread

Ok this is actually really funny, but take it with a grain of salt cause it comes from a friend of a friend that's related to ferrari.
So this 3D model that was in the app and was ripped IS THE ACTUAL CAD 3D MODEL IN HIGH DETAIL. FIA has sent an official notice to all the other F1 teams that they are not allowed to have this model on the PCs and that it is considered espionage, so someone at Williams was """smart"""enough to upload the ACTUAL CAR in a high grade 3D model in an unencrypted state.

Some parts have been simplified, others look almost like CAD models

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... hUYlEh.jpg

If that rumour is true - is this model good enough to base a simple CFD analysis on it?

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... tkwkUx.jpg

S-duct

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... v2JmKa.jpg

Rear suspension

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... iLUlq3.jpg

Rear wing

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 7ZR3sX.jpg

Front wheel rim (nice 90's look )

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... bPztxI.jpg

Front wing cross-section

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 6ORvdZ.jpg
https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 5rlTrB.jpg

Bargeboards

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comme ... 0540x6.jpg

Link to the 3D model
https://t.co/akFaAkKBux?amp=1

Wow it's amazing...but are these files safe? I wouldn't like to download them and find out there is a virus in them.

They are, no worries.

[Mr Brooksy]

It would be very interesting to see analysis done on the car as a whole to see what it does.