HONDA F1

I've noticed that the W-wing has not reappeared today.

Here's some speculation: they are first testing each bit of kit on its own to get a baseline, but they are very much intended to work together.

Tomorrow or Thursday, they'll get all the bits screwed on together and that will be real test of what it can do.

The nose horns and the W-wing especially look like they form one unit. The nose horns appear to be channelling the airflow directly into the curved sections of the w-wing.

Another possibility is that the nose horns are designed to address the front suspension problems that see the RA108 bounce up and down when it rides the curbs. Ground-effect aero at the front all but disappears when the front wing "takes off" but the nose horns should not be affected as badly and could thus help keeping the bounce "lower".

All idle speculation.. but at least you can't say they aren't trying!