The new Williams FW45 seen for the first time today draws inspiration from some of F1's frontrunners as the Grove team looks to make progress in 2023. Here's a closer look at the car.
And, while there are no real surprises in the design layout, it is interesting to see how the team has taken inspiration from elsewhere on the grid in an effort to re-establish itself as part of the chasing pack.
Scrolling rearward down the car and the most visually different aspect of all of the 2023 challengers is going to be the sidepods, as while there were four or five different interpretations at the start of last season, it quickly became clear that some were simply better than the others. A ground-up redesign for the FW45, including what will likely be a repositioning of the SIPS has allowed their designers to optimise the bodyworks topography, which is especially notable in the scale of the undercut, as it had previously been abbreviated by the physical limitations imposed by those internal components.
As you'd expect, there's also been a change in the design of the engine cover too, as they've applied the shelf-like approach that we saw many take during the course of last season, which also enables a downwashing rear cooling outlet to be employed.
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