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Williams to experiment with front wing upgrade ahead of 2020!

Williams to experiment with front wing upgrade ahead of 2020!

02-10-2019 13:21
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Williams F1 team are set to introduce an experimental front wing for the Japanese Grand Prix as they look to build towards 2020 following a torrid 2019 F1 season.

The former greats have scored just one point this season, courtesy of Robert Kubica's tenth placed finish at the chaotic German Grand Prix.

And now attention has turned to 2020, the final season before the big changes set for the following year, so Williams are looking to experiment with front wing details at Suzuka.

Senior race enginerr Dave Robson told Autosport: "Hopefully there will be a test front wing [at Suzuka] that should look a little bit different.

"If we get it there, and we run it on the Friday, you'll soon spot that. It's kind of an experiment.

"It's hard to know [what the best concept is], that's part of the experiment; it's interesting even now, when you look at the pitlane as the cars come out and there's a couple of different distinct schools of thought in the front wing design."