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Japanese Grand Prix Tech Talk
We take a look at the technical developments in the wake of the Japanese Grand Prix, Round 16 of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship, at Suzuka. Williams At Suzuka, Williams finally added a higher downforce rear wing to its FW40, after using a spoon-shaped design for the entire season so far, even at tracks such as Monaco, Hungary and Singapore, where a severe performance disadvantage was being carried as a result. This is something that this author has pointed out many times this year, and it is very strange that it took this long to design such a wing given the team’s generally poor speed on slow-speed circuits (which this update will improve) and the fact that all other teams had a...
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