I-Formula 1 ibilokhu, ngaphezu kombukiso omuhle wemikhiqizo, ilabhorethri enhle yokuhlola ukuthuthukisa izici ezintsha ezigcina zifinyelele ezimotweni zasemgwaqweni ukuze zisebenze kahle kakhulu futhi zibe zobuchwepheshe. Umnyango wayo wezobuchwepheshe, obizwa UWilliam Advanced Engineering, izohlinzeka lobu buchwepheshe bokwakhiwa kwezimoto zikagesi.
AbaseBrithani benze i-prototype ehlanganisa izici ezintsha ezifana nedizayini entsha yephakethe lebhethri, amasistimu okupholisa kanye nezakhiwo zokukhanya, ezihlanganiswe nenkundla engalungiselelwa noma yiluphi uhlobo lwemoto.
Ithuthukiswe ochwepheshe abangaphakathi endlini ku-aerodynamics, izinhlelo zikagesi, izakhiwo ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezingasindi kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwezimoto, i-Williams Advanced Engineering izosebenzisa inkundla ukukhombisa abakhiqizi amandla amasha omnyango weqembu laseBrithani nokuthi ungasiza kanjani ukwakha izimoto ezingcono zikagesi.
“Ukusebenza kahle kwezimoto bekulokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kuWilliams. Ukucabanga kwethu mayelana nendlela yokudala i-chassis engasindi, ehlanganisiwe ne-powertrain kuzokhuphula ukuncintisana kwesizukulwane esilandelayo sezimoto zikagesi. Ngokwenza izimoto zikagesi zikhange nakakhulu kulabo abangase babe amakhasimende abo, sisheshisa ukutholwa kwazo futhi sizuzisa imvelo,” kusho uPaul McNamara, oyisikhulu sezobuchwepheshe kule nkampani.
Ukwakha izingxenye ezimisiwe, ezizoqiniswa i-fiber endaweni yezimoto zikagesi, onjiniyela bakwaWilliams basebenzisa izinqubo ezizenzakalelayo kakhulu. Lokhu kunomthelela ekunciphiseni isisindo, okungama-40% uma kuqhathaniswa ne-aluminium evamile.
Ukuthi uzobahlanganisa -noma iminyango yakho yokukhiqiza- ukusebenzisana ekwakhiweni kwezizukulwane ezilandelayo zezimoto akuyona into entsha. UWilliams unikeze usizo ezinkampanini eziningi emlandweni wawo wonke, futhi abakhiqizi abanamaqembu abo, kuFomula 1 nakwezinye izigaba, basebenzisa lezi. ubuchwepheshe bokuncintisana kumamodeli ayo adinga kakhulu. Isibonelo salokhu izimoto ezinkulu zakwaMcLaren neFerrari, ezisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-ERS ukukhiqiza amandla engeziwe.