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A couple of people downloaded the render and found it was complete 3D CAD models of their car including suspension assemblies.
Was that the 'hack' I read about? i.e. not so much of a hack as a massive fuck up.
Brommers-
I can’t quite tell. But I have managed to load up the files in Solidworks and build a Williams FW43B!
The thing is, just my own opinion here, it’s not so much about what it gives away about the Williams setup. It’s more about what it gives away about Mercedes. There’s a lot of internal aero, implied chassis features (ie not present but quite obvious) and suspension pickup points on view. I would wager that a lot of those things are in the places they are because it’s determined by the current Mercedes power plant, layout and cooling requirements. I reckon it gives away a lot about the current Mercedes car and its engine. I only say that as a recent ex F1 engineer and because I know why certain components and features were in certain places on our car.
Jonny69
Some hilarious F1 car launch balls-ups been going on. Williams did a virtual launch where I think you could view a 3D of the car in a viewer app and spin it around etc. A couple of people downloaded the render and found it was complete 3D CAD models of their car including suspension assemblies. Ferrari launch was today at 1pm. Someone on Reddit put their computer clock forward a few hours and the Ferrari site ran the launch early!