'We can really call it a new car, because the list of parts we kept is much shorter than the ones we changed.” 💬 Here's a look at why Williams changed tack with its FW44 F1 car ⬇️
As technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison said: “We can really call it a new car, because the list of parts we kept is much shorter than the ones we changed.”
The new design has moved Williams towards the Red Bull concept of sidepods, but the changes go beyond that – and it would be wrong to suggest that the Grove-based team has simply copied its Milton Keynes rival because it is winning. Asked by Autosport about the timing of the decision to go for a new car, Demaison said: “It was complicated.
“We saw many, many other cars going in other directions,” added Demaison. “We're not stupid to not look somewhere else and not look at what the others do.
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