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#1 Jez

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 10:34 PM

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 11:12 PM

As with the Renault, it won't turn any heads, well it might turn heads the other way!

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 02:38 AM

Super low key launch from the boys at Grove, they just wheeled the FW31 out onto the pit box and prodded Nico Hulkenberg to stand along side the car for a couple of pictures in front of the world's media.

As per the normal with Williams over the last couple of seasons they won't launch the actually livery until just before the first race in Melbourne.

Ummm can a mod please relocate this thread to the 2009 Launches, thanks :D

Jez what were you thinking :P  :lol:
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 02:47 AM

I'm thinking maybe these cars are too ugly to warrant a 2009 launch thread :P

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 02:49 AM

View PostJez, on Jan 20 2009, 12:47 PM, said:

I'm thinking maybe these cars are too ugly to warrant a 2009 launch thread :P

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Good point.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 02:55 AM

The Williams is the only one I like so far.  It's a pity that they likely won't keep this livery into the actual season.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 03:13 AM

The FW31 has the lowest nose cone of any car released so far. Its also very wide, like how I expect the BMW nose is going to look.

I really like the sidepods on the FW31, square looking but nice.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:26 AM

Yes 10 thumbs up for Williams - I like their car (again), and wish (again) that they raced in this "interim" livery...its so lurvly....

I think, without wishing too hard, that Williams may have a chance at some consistent podiums this year, seeing as this is a "from scratch" design...I think the problems over the last few years have been that they got stuck in a bit of a design alley way that they could no longer get out of, but this season, it's a clean sheet of paper, and that all bodes well for someone like Patrick Head...and with the movable front wings, I think this is something Williams will be able to make work better than other corporate-committee design teams.

Looking forward to the Red Bulls (x2) to launch now.  Yet somehow nunplussed about seeing the Force India (yawn)....

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:27 AM

Notice the smaller airbox on the FW31. It's accompanied by two small inlets either side either for the cooling of the KERS systems and batteries or hydraulics I would assume.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:32 AM

From what Sam Michaels was saying at Pitpass, I don't think they are running KERS this year.  So those extra intakes are for oil cooling I'd presume, or just extra cooling to the engine since there are no chimneys or gills allowed anymore.

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 07:42 AM

View PostHandyNZL, on Jan 20 2009, 04:32 PM, said:

From what Sam Michaels was saying at Pitpass, I don't think they are running KERS this year.  So those extra intakes are for oil cooling I'd presume, or just extra cooling to the engine since there are no chimneys or gills allowed anymore.

True, I can't for the life of me figure out why then Williams would have bought Automotive Hybrid Power Limited in order to develop the Flywheel KERS system then not run it as soon as it was ready??? I understand that there is a massive amount of development to be had in the aero but you would assume that Automotive Hybrid Power Limited would work seperately on the KERS systems.

Thoughts anyone???
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 08:40 AM

Thoughts?  Thoughts!?  Can't anyone post in the right damn place anymore?  :P

Anyway, the Willy.  The sidepods look clever, they've done away with the fins, but the raised 'shoulder' will still funnel air where they want it to go.  

KERS, well the FIA have shafted everyone by letting the teams spend a fortune for this year, then scrap it for next year when a standerd one will be introduced - fcuking madness.  I just hope that the standerd design is awarded to Williams, which doesn't (at the moment) use batteries, something the FIA are keen to avoid.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 10:22 AM

View Postaussief1, on Jan 20 2009, 07:42 AM, said:

True, I can't for the life of me figure out why then Williams would have bought Automotive Hybrid Power Limited in order to develop the Flywheel KERS system then not run it as soon as it was ready??? I understand that there is a massive amount of development to be had in the aero but you would assume that Automotive Hybrid Power Limited would work seperately on the KERS systems.

Thoughts anyone???
Sounds like they're too short of cash to develop the aero and KERS in time.  The overall benefit of KERS isn't that great compared to aero tweaks so I guess it would make sense to focus on the latter first.  Will Automotive Hybrid Power Limited keep doing their own thing as well or are they working full time for Williams now, I wonder.


View Postmedilloni, on Jan 20 2009, 08:40 AM, said:

Thoughts?  Thoughts!?  Can't anyone post in the right damn place anymore?  :P

Anyway, the Willy.  The sidepods look clever, they've done away with the fins, but the raised 'shoulder' will still funnel air where they want it to go.  

KERS, well the FIA have shafted everyone by letting the teams spend a fortune for this year, then scrap it for next year when a standerd one will be introduced - fcuking madness.  I just hope that the standerd design is awarded to Williams, which doesn't (at the moment) use batteries, something the FIA are keen to avoid.
:lol:  I just think it's funny that when you give them some innovation to do the teams complain that it's too complicated.  Seeing the shambles at Ferrari is worth it all!
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 11:38 AM

View Postmedilloni, on Jan 20 2009, 06:40 PM, said:

Thoughts?  Thoughts!?  Can't anyone post in the right damn place anymore?  :P

:lol:

I already tried to have a go at Jez for that **** up but he came back with a worthy response in that "the cars are so ugly they don't deserve their own section". Gold :lol:

View PostMurray Walker, on Jan 20 2009, 08:22 PM, said:

Sounds like they're too short of cash to develop the aero and KERS in time.  The overall benefit of KERS isn't that great compared to aero tweaks so I guess it would make sense to focus on the latter first.  Will Automotive Hybrid Power Limited keep doing their own thing as well or are they working full time for Williams now, I wonder.

But why the hell bother being proactive and buying them in order to get the jump on the rest of the field if you cannot fund the development in order to maximise the investment. I assume that they would continue working on flywheel development contracts that they already had in place.

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Posted 20 January 2009 - 05:35 PM

View Postaussief1, on Jan 20 2009, 07:42 AM, said:

True, I can't for the life of me figure out why then Williams would have bought Automotive Hybrid Power Limited in order to develop the Flywheel KERS system then not run it as soon as it was ready??? I understand that there is a massive amount of development to be had in the aero but you would assume that Automotive Hybrid Power Limited would work seperately on the KERS systems.

Thoughts anyone???

Good question. I am guessing that they simply can't make it work very well for them, or they have decided to stop development on it because they don't want to waste any more money on it, when it may be 'standard' next year (another stroke of genius by the FIA there).
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 08:03 PM

It's all navy blue now with no more spots of white!
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 10:15 PM

That's an interim livery.

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 03:18 AM

View PostRainmaster, on Jan 21 2009, 03:35 AM, said:

Good question. I am guessing that they simply can't make it work very well for them, or they have decided to stop development on it because they don't want to waste any more money on it, when it may be 'standard' next year (another stroke of genius by the FIA there).

Nah, that can't be it. Lets face it, if Williams can't make the flywheel KERS work with the assistance of owning a company who speciality is flywheel KERS, then what exactly is going on down at Grove these days.
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Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:44 AM

So the RBS logo is still on there... for how much longer, I wonder?? :)

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 08:48 AM

View PostMeanioni, on Jan 21 2009, 06:44 AM, said:

So the RBS logo is still on there... for how much longer, I wonder?? :)

I read somewhere, that RBS are signed up for 'another two years', whether that means this and next year, or '10 and '11 I dunno - so trying to get out of the deal would probably cost them and arm and leg.  Or I could have made it up 'cos this off-season is exceptionally boring.  :P
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Posted 21 January 2009 - 03:47 PM

View Postaussief1, on Jan 21 2009, 03:18 AM, said:

Nah, that can't be it. Lets face it, if Williams can't make the flywheel KERS work with the assistance of owning a company who speciality is flywheel KERS, then what exactly is going on down at Grove these days.

I can't be sure, although the company they work with are specialists on KERS, they aren't specialists in racing KERS, which I think must be a very difficult and different challenge. I guess they have to find a way to put it into the car without screwing up the weight distribution, which affects the balance which is linked to the handling and everything else.

Saying that, I do agree, it isn't a very good explanation.
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 03:17 AM

Williams are planning to use the same livery as last year. So with that said, its just Force India yet to release their 2009 car and livery.

28 days remain.
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 06:40 AM

View PostRainmaster, on Jan 21 2009, 05:47 PM, said:

I can't be sure, although the company they work with are specialists on KERS, they aren't specialists in racing KERS, which I think must be a very difficult and different challenge. I guess they have to find a way to put it into the car without screwing up the weight distribution, which affects the balance which is linked to the handling and everything else.

Saying that, I do agree, it isn't a very good explanation.
Unless they know for a fact that running kers is a total waste of time and not implementing it would actually be more beneficial
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 09:49 AM

Guys...big suprise, I love the Williams. This is the first car of the current crop I dig, maybe it's because of the livery colour, have'nt had time to compare and dissect. I hope they do well, I hope the car with their drivers kicks a##!!!!!
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 06:32 PM

I think STR have yet to release their livery, probably the same as last year!
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Posted 26 February 2009 - 11:53 PM

RBS go in 2010.

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Posted 27 February 2009 - 01:16 PM

View PostTeam Formula One, on Feb 26 2009, 11:53 PM, said:

RBS go in 2010.
That's 3 banks to leave F1 in 2010!
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Posted 27 February 2009 - 01:44 PM

View Postmikathegreat2, on Feb 27 2009, 01:16 PM, said:

That's 3 banks to leave F1 in 2010!

About time too, they do more harm than smoking  :P
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 04:18 PM

Cant help but think this car has gone the way of its predecessors.

Started off very well and goes backwards as other teams develop quicker than them.




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