New Williams - she's not a looker

[bishbash]

Edited by bishbash on Thursday 23 January 09:20

[skinny]

oof. what's with the little appendage sticking out the front?

[Forbes82]

skinny said:

oof. what's with the little appendage sticking out the front?

Poorly worded new bodywork regs. Expect all new cars to have similar, it would be a big surprise if any didn't have the same.

Huge pods too, i know cooling demands are alot higher, will be interesting to see who goes conservative and who goes aggressive on cooling.

I wish the first images we are shown weren't computed generated though, i don't know why they can't make the car unvieling some sort of media event. Have a day before the first test as 'unveiling day' all cars next to each other accompanied by thier chief designer. Unveil in reverse championship order with a brief interview. Surely much better than some trotting out computer images and others just rolling it out a trailer onto the track.

Edited by Forbes82 on Thursday 23 January 09:52

[Richard-G]

[Graebob]

I swore that if all the teams actually went with the finger - nose, I'd stop watching F1. This isn't looking promising

[Gun]

Good lord, the state of that nose

[designndrive62]

looks like its melted slightly at the front. My thought is how far forward does it protrude? with such a long front nose the drivers are much more likely to misjudge maneuvers and knock them off surely?

[Disillusioned]

Sorry to be vulgar, but it looks like someone has crashed a superglued F3 car into a branch of Ann Summers. Hideous.

[Woody]

That's not pretty at all......

Why have they gone so narrorw? Is it just about maximizing the the amount of wing exposed?

[Shaoxter]

Anyone else think the nose looks like a condom?

[Forbes82]

Woody said:

That's not pretty at all......

Why have they gone so narrorw? Is it just about maximizing the the amount of wing exposed?

The nose tip is regulated to be that far forward, but it does not have to be full width. Of massive importance to the current f1 grid is the air that goes under the nose (hence why the noses of the last few years have been so raised, pioneered by red bull). So by having the tip of minimal regulated width means more air can flow past it under the front bulkhead/drivers feet area. This air is critical for aero, influencing all sorts of parts of the car including the rear diffuser.

• Disclaimer- All in my limited aero understanding!**

[Redlake27]

It is better than I expected. The Autosport image last week suggested the rules may end up with a separate 'finger' pointing out of the flat nose.

http://images.autosport.com/editorial/1384270378.j...

[phumy]

Durex must have been called in to design this one....


Anyone for a Martini?

[Graebob]

Forbes82 said:

The nose tip is regulated to be that far forward, but it does not have to be full width. Of massive importance to the current f1 grid is the air that goes under the nose (hence why the noses of the last few years have been so raised, pioneered by red bull). So by having the tip of minimal regulated width means more air can flow past it under the front bulkhead/drivers feet area. This air is critical for aero, influencing all sorts of parts of the car including the rear diffuser.

• Disclaimer- All in my limited aero understanding!**

That's pretty much the crux of it, I asked the same question of ScarbsF1 on twitter and he's basically the authority on these things!

[mattikake]

Rather an anteater than these horrible basking sharks of years gone by.

[Likes Fast Cars]

Shaoxter said:

Anyone else think the nose looks like a condom?

Well it isn't called "Team willy" for nothing is it?
I'd be embarrassed to drive this if I was a Team Willy driver.

[Henry Fiddleton]

My god that is hiddious.

The reg makers and teama need a slap across the face with a wet fish.

If a low nose was required, why didnt they just follow the designs from cars in 1992!

[FourWheelDrift]

It's blue and it's drooping, they should get sponsorship by Viagra.

[HustleRussell]

Oh get over it, it's not that bad, in fact apart from the end of the nose it's a nice looking car.
To the people that want to 'boycott' F1 as the cars aren't 'pretty'- I doubt you're much of a loss to the sport. I for one am glad that the manufacturers design the cars to be the fastest they can be within the regs rather than making performance concessions in favour of cosmetics.

Anyway, it's not a car it's a picture of a car.

[Inertiatic]

I wonder if that front bit is designd to break off easily and cleanly :-)