Feb.7 (GMM) Williams is preserving its automobile for the 2024 season very near its chest.
The British workforce truly ‘launched’ for the brand new yr earlier this week in New York – but it surely was truly simply the 2023 automobile with the brand new livery for 2024.
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport thinks the large secret is the 2024 automobile’s rear suspension.
“We’ve got been engaged on the brand new automobile since March,” mentioned Williams boss James Vowles, confirming the early improvement start-date for the brand new yr.
The 2023 automobile’s final replace was then at Silverstone – in July.
“The aerodynamicists have chosen a very new method (for 2024) by way of idea,” Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt mentioned.
Alex Albon confirmed: “The brand new automobile feels fully totally different within the simulator.”
Boss Vowles thinks it’s definitely worth the danger. “If we fail, I’ll take that on,” he vowed. “If we don’t take a brand new path, we’ll keep the place this workforce has been for the final ten years.”
And the large secret of the ‘new path’? It may very well be the basic change from pullrod to Crimson Bull-like pushrod rear suspension.
“We don’t need to reveal what we’re doing on the again but,” Vowles admits, whereas different sources recommend the identical secret could be shared by Williams’ engine provider, Mercedes.
