Williams FW41

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DATI GENERALI

Scuderia:    Williams Martini Racing
Anno di produzione:    2018
Motore:    Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ V6 1600cc turbo, ibrido
Elettronica:     Microsoft McLaren Electronic System
Telaio:     Monoscocca composita in fibra di carbonio, con struttura a nido d'ape
Carburante e lubrificanti:    Petrobras
Pneumatici:    Pirelli
Luogo di Produzione:    Grove (GBR)
Progettista:    Paddy Lowe, Dirk DeBeer
Impiegata nel:    2018
Piloti:    Lance Stroll, Sergej Sirotkin, Robert Kubica
    
STATISTICHE    
    
GP Disputati:    1
Vittorie:    0
Podi:    0
Pole Position:    0
Giri Più Veloci:    0
Miglior risultato:     

[Guglielmi 147]

In un articolo sulle prospettive di Russell per il 2019 e oltre, Mark Hughes dà alcune informazioni interessanti sul perché la FW41 sia così tremenda:

"There are many limitations to this year’s FW41, but the fundamental one is that a miscalculation was made in the concept about the level of cooling necessary, and that correcting this has involved crucial compromise in the most aerodynamically-sensitive area of a current Formula 1 car – that aft of the front wheels but ahead of the floor and sidepods.

Wind tunnel correlation to the reality of track was particularly poor – and this was puzzling because simulation had previously been a Williams strength even when there were other limitations. Felipe Massa repeatedly said that the accuracy of simulation was considerably better here than at Ferrari during his time there.

So how did a strength suddenly become a glaring weakness, apparently overnight? Had anything significant been changed? Only the wind tunnel belt. Therein lay a story. It was of a new specification, supposedly more advanced in that it simulated the texture of the track surface. It seems to have been here that a major part of the problem arose. The car was configured and developed around a flawed set of readings."

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/mph-russell-glimmer-hope-williams

Fosse così, capisco perché De Beer sia stato defenestrato, ma resta un quadro sconcertante.