I'm honestly a bit surprised that this wasn't foreseen by the people responsible for the app, but this incident shouldn't cause any competitive damage, so long as the rest of the paddock keeps it clean. You can find the model downloads in the original Reddit thread by u/Astorphobis. Williams released the app themselves, and people just knew how to extract the models. While many people have used the term "hacked", nothing was stolen from Williams servers. Shortly after the app was unpacked, the AR unveiling was called off, and the apps were pulled from all app stores. The issue is that the Williams surfaces have a pretty decent resolution, even good enough for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This isn't an issue by itself, other models have been acquired for the 2019 Mercedes and 2021 AlphaTauri, however those were coarse models that have been simplified beyond use. Unsurprisingly, the app was quickly unpacked by people on the internet, leaving us with the 3D assets for the car. In early March, Williams F1 intended to have an Augmented Reality (AR) unveiling for their 2021 F1 car, the FW43B, where fans would download an app on their phone that would allow them to view a 3D model of the car at the time of the unveiling. DISCLAIMER: This article was written prior to my employment within F1, and any project work relating to this geometry will not be continued due to concerns with using the intellectual property of a competitor.
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