- 28 Mar 09, 07:41#97962
Still, Williams are looking strong. Their fans must be pleased, all things considered!
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Brawn wrote: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
Williams4ever wrote:I disagree, i think it looks great. Shame they've got to cover it in adverts sooner or later.Brawn wrote: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
7UpJordan wrote: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
EwmanM wrote:I wonder if anyone will get too much wheelspin from using it at the start...7UpJordan wrote: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
Brawn wrote: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.
7UpJordan wrote: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.Brawn wrote: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.
7UpJordan wrote: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.Brawn wrote: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.
Frosty wrote: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.7UpJordan wrote: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.Brawn wrote: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.
Williams4ever wrote: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?There is a search button available on this forum to find information.
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