Williams FW48

[Francesc]

[tomazy]

Surely the cable managment can be managed better?

[Francesc]

Agreed, the sidepods have a lot of room to be shrinked with a bit more of effort.

[Moctecus]

For comparison, here's the FW47:



This is what Vowles said during their recent VTT:
“We’ve got quite a different cooling system for us here than we’ve designed and used beforehand, and it allows us not just current learning to make sure we use it effectively – we also have to remember we had some reliability woes last year, and I wanted to make sure that those were all gone – but also future learning on the sizing of it and packaging of it for future states. So that’s been incredibly useful.” [source]

[Brahmal]

Surely the cable managment can be managed better?

Lol yeah, maybe they got lost chasing wires when they couldn't make the shakedown. Makes you wonder where Aston Martin is putting all that stuff?

[Ferdecarreras]

Surely the cable managment can be managed better?

I think is common to have a huge amount of badly managed wiring during testing, I am talking for all teams. They are not part of the wiring harness of the car, but more so they can quickly install and connect aero racks, Temp. Cameras, sensors and so on.

[Brahmal]

https://www.planetf1.com/features/willi ... tions-2026

[Brahmal]

https://www.planetf1.com/features/f1-20 ... -technical

[roadie]

Thanks for all the photos. I appreciate JV's comments in that it looks too be conservative to avoid cooling issues. Hopefully the team can find a good baseline and slimline accordingly.

[PlatinumZealot]

Very basic looking aerodynamics after diverting resources so early to get a head start. Very disappointing. Let's see how they develop in the opening races.

[roadie]

Probably a fair comment in terms of the car appearing conservative given how early the team stopped development on the previous car.

I wonder whether that is a product of parts being delayed or slow given the issues the team had getting the car to the shakedown?

[MIKEY_!]

"Very basic aero" seems a bit harsh to me, despite the high expectations created by switching focus to 2026 so early. There is some interesting complexity with the varying camber of the front suspension shrouds, the unusual and relatively complex bib stay, the winglets behind the roll hoop, the cutout on the back of the floor board, and the double swages on the rear wing endplate. If the car was working well we'd be oohing and ahhing over these details.

But the car is slow, the sidepods are bulky and bland, and the roll hoop looks the same as previous years. Hopefully we'll get a better picture of the aero performance once they sort the weight issues out.

[Farnborough]

Surely the cable managment can be managed better?

I think is common to have a huge amount of badly managed wiring during testing, I am talking for all teams. They are not part of the wiring harness of the car, but more so they can quickly install and connect aero racks, Temp. Cameras, sensors and so on.

They can run presure taps on floor etc during testing, needing extraneous wiring loom to facilitate this. Likey not incorporated in race build specifications.

[Farnborough]

"Very basic aero" seems a bit harsh to me, despite the high expectations created by switching focus to 2026 so early. There is some interesting complexity with the varying camber of the front suspension shrouds, the unusual and relatively complex bib stay, the winglets behind the roll hoop, the cutout on the back of the floor board, and the double swages on the rear wing endplate. If the car was working well we'd be oohing and ahhing over these details.

But the car is slow, the sidepods are bulky and bland, and the roll hoop looks the same as previous years. Hopefully we'll get a better picture of the aero performance once they sort the weight issues out.

Unusual in that previously these have been supported by a "suspension " device to allow for track strike, which doesn't appear to be facilitated in this design.

Has anything changed in rules this season to prevent such ?

[porridge]

https://x.com/i/status/2029517304015302665