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[EwanM]

Still, Williams are looking strong. Their fans must be pleased, all things considered!

[Brawn]

It's not that Williams or Nico underperformed today. The time is admirable. There's not much between the top ten appart from the Brawns which are standing proud. I think it will be a good year for Williams, and i certainly hope so. But this year is going to be white... with a flick of uv yellow.

[Williams4ever]

It's not that Williams or Nico underperformed today. The time is admirable. There's not much between the top ten appart from the Brawns which are standing proud. I think it will be a good year for Williams, and i certainly hope so. But this year is going to be white... with a flick of uv yellow.

I hope this year is not white...with a flick of uv yellow- that Brawn car is the ugliest thing on the track. For that reason alone the stewards should ban it. Rosberg to win tomorrow- leading from lap 3 to finish

[Brawn]

It's not that Williams or Nico underperformed today. The time is admirable. There's not much between the top ten appart from the Brawns which are standing proud. I think it will be a good year for Williams, and i certainly hope so. But this year is going to be white... with a flick of uv yellow.

I hope this year is not white...with a flick of uv yellow- that Brawn car is the ugliest thing on the track. For that reason alone the stewards should ban it. Rosberg to win tomorrow- leading from lap 3 to finish

I disagree, i think it looks great. Shame they've got to cover it in adverts sooner or later.
The Williams scheme reminds me of the Williams from the mid 90s, which is a big plus.
Good luck to Williams, Rosberg, and to your little fantasy there.

[8-ball]

A good performance from Williams and Rosberg but it is way to early to talk about race wins. I think they will struggle to get onto the podium. A solid points finish is a more realistic target

[7UpJordan]

Nico has a fair bit of fuel onboard and was on course for P3 on the grid until he ran wide in sector 1 on his final lap. I hope the car's still as good at the start as the FW30 was last year because it will need to be if Nico wants to hold off the Ferraris or try and get infront of Vettel and Kubica.

[EwanM]

Nico has a fair bit of fuel onboard and was on course for P3 on the grid until he ran wide in sector 1 on his final lap. I hope the car's still as good at the start as the FW30 was last year because it will need to be if Nico wants to hold off the Ferraris or try and get infront of Vettel and Kubica.

Depends how good Kers is at getting away from the grid. Some say it could be mighty

[7UpJordan]

Nico has a fair bit of fuel onboard and was on course for P3 on the grid until he ran wide in sector 1 on his final lap. I hope the car's still as good at the start as the FW30 was last year because it will need to be if Nico wants to hold off the Ferraris or try and get infront of Vettel and Kubica.

Depends how good Kers is at getting away from the grid. Some say it could be mighty

I wonder if anyone will get too much wheelspin from using it at the start...

[Brawn]

I have a question about Williams' version of KERS. They use a flywheel instead of a battery. Could the flywheel gradually lose momentum whilst the car is stationary on the grid? Anyone have experience with these things and can give us some insight?

[7UpJordan]

I have a question about Williams' version of KERS. They use a flywheel instead of a battery. Could the flywheel gradually lose momentum whilst the car is stationary on the grid? Anyone have experience with these things and can give us some insight?

I'd suspect any charge gained from the flywheel system on the formation lap would be stored in a battery like pretty much any other KERS device.

[Brawn]

I have a question about Williams' version of KERS. They use a flywheel instead of a battery. Could the flywheel gradually lose momentum whilst the car is stationary on the grid? Anyone have experience with these things and can give us some insight?

I'd suspect any charge gained from the flywheel system on the formation lap would be stored in a battery like pretty much any other KERS device.

I saw a video on bbc website (cant find it anymore) that explained that the flywheel is the thing that stores the kinetic energy, and there is no battery.

[Frosty]

I have a question about Williams' version of KERS. They use a flywheel instead of a battery. Could the flywheel gradually lose momentum whilst the car is stationary on the grid? Anyone have experience with these things and can give us some insight?

I'd suspect any charge gained from the flywheel system on the formation lap would be stored in a battery like pretty much any other KERS device.

As far I am aware the Williams KERS device uses the flywheel only to store energy but don't worry I think they will be able to get the fly wheel up to speed by the time they get to the grid and that the fly wheel would lose very little energy when stationary as I expect it is extremely efficient most likely in a vacuum so very little friction.

[stonemonkey]

I have a question about Williams' version of KERS. They use a flywheel instead of a battery. Could the flywheel gradually lose momentum whilst the car is stationary on the grid? Anyone have experience with these things and can give us some insight?

I'd suspect any charge gained from the flywheel system on the formation lap would be stored in a battery like pretty much any other KERS device.

As far I am aware the Williams KERS device uses the flywheel only to store energy but don't worry I think they will be able to get the fly wheel up to speed by the time they get to the grid and that the fly wheel would lose very little energy when stationary as I expect it is extremely efficient most likely in a vacuum so very little friction.

Yeah, afaik it's in a vacuum with low friction bearings and spins at something like 60-70,000 rpm when it's charged and if it wasn't in a vacuum it'd get pretty hot. No idea how the thing's sealed though.

Wonder what they'll do next year when the allowable energy stored doubles, increase the mass/diameter or make it spin even faster?

[Williams4ever]

Williams aren't using KERS at this grandprix. Neither is Kubica for that matter. Does anyone know if the Brawn cars and Vettel's Red Bull are using it?

8 hours to go!!! Can't wait. Williams 1-2

[darwin dali]

Williams aren't using KERS at this grandprix. Neither is Kubica for that matter. Does anyone know if the Brawn cars and Vettel's Red Bull are using it?

8 hours to go!!! Can't wait. Williams 1-2

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