Williams' progress this year
Williams' progress this year
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timbob

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Sunday 18th March 2012
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Nice to see Williams back at the sharp end of things this weekend smile

I remember being quite excited by their rear end concept last year, and it was a shame they couldn't make it work. I remember interviews at the time expressing sentiments like "the car's oversteering on corner entry, we're adjusting the setup in the time-honoured way to compensate, and it's making it worse"...

I wonder if a years worth of setup data, some refinement in the design and a much better Renault engine has made the difference? The rear of the car looks great - I love the way it looks like there's a big chunk missing.

Are we going to see more teams adopting an ultra slim rear end, complete with shrunken gearbox and more extreme driveshaft angles in the future - especially given the 2014 engines are likely to be very small indeed?

Discuss!