Williams admit F1 floor “clearly lacking detail” despite ‘deceptive’ images

Williams F1 team principal James Vowles has admitted the floor design of their car is “clearly lacking detail” compared to rivals. 
Williams admit F1 floor “clearly lacking detail” despite ‘deceptive’ images

Images of the floor of the Williams FW45 emerged following 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant’s crash duringꦇ final practice at last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, prompting comparisons to💯 their competitors. 

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Interest surrounding F1’s latest generation of ground-eꦰffect floors has piqued in recent weeks after the undersides of the Red Bull and Mercedes were exposed in Monaco.&nbꦦsp;

Vowles pointed out that the images of the Williams FW45 are “a little bit deceptive”.&nb🌼sp;

"There were photos taken of our floor this weekend after Logan went off in FP3 and obviously t﷽hose have been compared to photography taken of our competitors just a few weeks ago," he said in a video rel🐬eased by Williams.

"I think o๊ne thing to point out is that it is 🍬a little bit deceptive. 

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Despite his acknowledgement about Williams’ floor, Vowles insistღed that simply copying 𒀰rival designs is not a viable solution. 

“We are clearly lacking detail relative to our competitors but you wouldn't have needed the underside of the ಞfloor to know that," he explained. 

"You can see that from lap times. That's fundamentally a feature of balan♌ce characteristics and the car's performance, an🦄d downforce as well at the same time, and a lot of that is being generated by the floor.

“Understanding what your competitors do by getting an image of it and simply copying it won’t help you. It may give☂ you an instantan꧋eous leg up and understanding of where you should be moving forward. 

“But if you don’t understand the science and the reason behind it and the flow dynamics, you’ll just have a moment൲ in time rather than an idea of how to consistently become not just as good as them, but better. 

“Furthermore, whatever you have seen on a co🌟mpetitor is at least six-to-eight wee🌼ks out of date and where they are now is further forward. 

“So the key behind it all is actually understanding why have they developed the floor in the way they have, and what can we learn from it and appl🥂y it to where we are today t🤪o advance our understanding."

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