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To: Chode; All
Williams Tweaks Livery in Order to Save Weight, Showing a Lot of Exposed Carbon Fiber

With some Formula 1 teams struggling to hit the current 798 kg (1,759 lbs) weight limit, one solution that’s already been adopted by the likes of Aston Martin and McLaren has been to strip away paint from their cars, leaving them with more exposed carbon fiber elements.

Aston Martin revealed that they’ve managed to save around 350 grams by removing some of that green paint, whereas McLaren removed some of its orange paint from its airbox for the first race of the season, as reported by Motorsport.

With that in mind, we can now confirm that Williams have joined this group of teams that are running large areas of their cars in raw carbon fiber. The British outfit stripped down various painted areas around the sidepods and airbox, which were previously painted in dark blue and gloss black.

When the livery for the FW44 was first introduced back in February, you couldn’t see any exposed carbon fiber, apart from the floor. Well, the car that raced in Australia two weeks ago looked quite different, especially when viewed from the side.

“You’d always like the car to be lighter and I don’t know how obvious it is, but the paint scheme is different,” said Williams’ head of vehicle performance, Dave Robson. “That is in part about lowering the weight of the paint on the car.”

COMMENT NOTE 350 grams = 0.77161792 pounds!

Wonder if they search the drivers for loose change before driving? Speaking of that.... Oh Lewis, we need to talk about your jewelry!

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/williams-tweaks-livery-in-order-to-save-weight-showing-a-lot-of-exposed-carbon-fiber-186969.html

4,010 posted on 04/21/2022 7:55:37 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Lockbox

how much did the limit drop?

why is the question


4,011 posted on 04/21/2022 8:21:10 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Lockbox

Definitely a laxative on the evening before quallys.


4,028 posted on 04/29/2022 7:49:25 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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