New 2009 wing

[topless_mx5]

Here is a picture of Williams testing the new 2009 aero package. Looks ugly as sin: http://www.itv-f1.com/photo.aspx?IM_ID=50114&P...

[VladD]

I'd love to know what lap time they did.

[FourWheelDrift]

Guess............if he did the time below on the normal wing/setup expect the 2009 wing to be slower.

1. Christian Klien BMW Sauber 1min 19.537secs 84 laps
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1min 19.878secs 60 laps
3. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1min 20.209secs 88 laps
4. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1min 20.602secs 52 laps
5. Kamui Kobayashi Toyota-Toyota 1min 20.759secs 94 laps
6. Lucas di Grassi Renault-Renault 1min 20.853secs 90 laps
7. Alex Wurz Honda-Honda 1min 21.123secs 71 laps
8. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1min 23.171secs 61 laps

[zac510]

KERS on that Williams too.

I've seen the same pics on all the forums and I'm surprising myself by starting to get used to it already!

[stew-S160]

holy smokes that is ugly as anything.

i might be one of the only few that finds the current cars attractive and interesting.

[lewis1]

i like certain aspects of the new cars.
i quite like all the sharp edges and bits sticking up because it makes them look like they are exploring science and techonology.
that wing is pretty ugly but i guess after two or three races of it being there it will become just like the old bmw front nose.

[woof]

topless_mx5 said:

Here is a picture of Williams testing the new 2009 aero package. Looks ugly as sin: http://www.itv-f1.com/photo.aspx?IM_ID=50114&P...

god that's hideous !

[topless_mx5]

FourWheelDrift said:

Guess............if he did the time below on the normal wing/setup expect the 2009 wing to be slower.

1. Christian Klien BMW Sauber 1min 19.537secs 84 laps
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1min 19.878secs 60 laps
3. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1min 20.209secs 88 laps
4. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1min 20.602secs 52 laps
5. Kamui Kobayashi Toyota-Toyota 1min 20.759secs 94 laps
6. Lucas di Grassi Renault-Renault 1min 20.853secs 90 laps
7. Alex Wurz Honda-Honda 1min 21.123secs 71 laps
8. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1min 23.171secs 61 laps

The others were on slicks?

[FourWheelDrift]

No mention of it.



McLaren (Paffett) were also testing their KERS system at Jerez.

[anonymous-user]

Reading the captions, it sounds like it's an 09 wing on an otherwise 08 car, so it may look better on a fully 09 car.

[Not Ideal]

it looks so odd - bit like the hideous rear wing on the the A1 GP cars

[MM2200]

Urgh.

Its almost as if there is a sadist regulating the design of these things. . .

[TheDetailDoctor]

It is just the rear wing/diffuser from the 2009 car at the moment.

[DeadMeat_UK]

http://photos.vectortrust.com/pages/Formula_1_Team...

[zac510]

MM2200 said:

Urgh.

Its almost as if there is a sadist regulating the design of these things. . .

That's not a nice thing to say about the Overtaking Working Group!

[schmalex]

Maybe I'm in a minority of 1, but I don't think it looks too bad. It makes the car look a lot less back end heavy.....

[skinny]

they should just leave the wings in '08 monza configuration

[Oi_Oi_Savaloy]

Don't forget Nakajima's time was done on grooved tyres - they'll be slicks next year.

[MrKipling43]

Oi_Oi_Savaloy said:

They'll be slicks next year.

[Rich VRS]

i hope thats a Photoshop as that really looks aweful, i thought they where to be lower and a little narrower