New Williams FW26

[Spunkey]

Anyone seen the new Williams? That front wing is hideous! But if it helps with the aero it cant be all bad

heres some pics...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...es/3370435.stm

[blockers]

Shame its gonna get owned by Kimi in the Mclaren really....!

[Shad]

Shame its gonna get owned by Kimi in the Mclaren really....!

Heh... I doubt that somehow.

[Angus]

Any piccies o0f other teams about yet.

Be interesting to see how Williams do this season: they've lost their magic touch that they once had; although I guess a lot is down to Schuey.

[TomWilko]

Toyota and Jaguar are the next ones out, 18th and 19th of January i think.

That front wing looks a bit odd, but its more evolution than revolution Will be interesting to see if the others follow suit. Its when they bung an extra couple of wheels on is when i start to worry

[hotpurple]

They've already tried that. It's already been banned.

[J4MES]

it's a bit 'Lord of the Rings' it you know what i mean...

[[GSV]Trig]

How much of a mincer does Ralf look in that pic

[Angus]

Toyota and Jaguar are the next ones out, 18th and 19th of January i think.

That front wing looks a bit odd, but its more evolution than revolution Will be interesting to see if the others follow suit. Its when they bung an extra couple of wheels on is when i start to worry

You mean like this?



No photoshop involved

[J4MES]

or the March Ford 240 (with two rear axles)

[Angus]

There were a few.

Only the tyrell was successful at all (got a 1-2 win on one occasion )

[3dcandy]

Suppose it makes a change that a manufacturer has brought out an F1 car that looks "different" from the rest...

[Angus]

Shame they can't do it any more - F1 rules say that a car has to have four wheels.

To be honest though a car with 6 wheels might be rather awkward in the pits.

The idea of the tyrell was that the smaller wheels offered less air resistance; because this made the wheels very small (and therefore little road contact) another set of wheels were added to give the grip needed.

There were others which used 4 wheels at the back (like the ford james mentioned) - presumably along the lines of the more road contact you have on the driving wheels, the more power you can get to the road.

[3dcandy]

I have actually seen a 6-wheel Tyrell race, at a Thoroughbred GP race.
It won its class, although the later Williams's were MUCH quicker...
This years GP season may be even better than last year - I look forward to perhaps seeing young Mr. Button on the podium.

[Angus]

I have actually seen a 6-wheel Tyrell race, at a Thoroughbred GP race.
It won its class, although the later Williams's were MUCH quicker...
This years GP season may be even better than last year - I look forward to perhaps seeing young Mr. Button on the podium.

Sounds rather exciting!!

Where was it?

[J4MES]

There were a few

there were two.