Starting up front, the nose is much more domed than we’ve seen presented by the other teams so far, with the chassis top following a similar design.
The nose tip is connected to the second of four front wing elements, with the mainplane drooped down in the central region to help direct airflow to the underside of the nose.
The wing itself is likely a placeholder used to shake the car down, as it’s lacking some of the detail we’ve seen on some of the other cars that have been released so far – with the exception of the diveplane which looks like it might twist more along its length than some of the other examples.
Williams has also opted to displace the front brake duct fence and wheel wake deflectors in order that they likely perform differently to how they were intended. It looks like Williams might have joined the dark side at some point too – the brake duct inlets look like Darth Vader is poking out of them to help scoop up air to help cool the brakes!
Williams FW44
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