Will approaches to aero be different in F1 in 2007?

[rubystone]

I had a trip round an F1 team's factory last weekend and without giving away too much, there might be some interesting aero tweaks for next year for that team for starters and therefore presumably others.

Some changes are driven by the move to Bridgestones, which have a more squarer sidewall than Michelins (whose sidewall is very round when you look at it in the flesh) but also in flow conditioning on the nosebox and around the radiator inlets.

[rubystone]

The CDG concept has been put on hold. The TWG has agreed to take a look at it and come up with a beter solution for 2008. The team I visited had run a scale model in their wind tunnel and reported that it was disastrous

[rubystone]

In truth, everything beyond the nose is a "flow conditioner" designed to control the flow of air to the rear wing.

By "disastrous" I mean that it works fine in one plane, but less so when the car's asked ot do something else, such as turn a corner...

[rubystone]

Eric Mc said:

The less efficient aero devices are, the more exciting the cars are to drive and, hopefully, the more exciting to watch.

I'd rather an efficient aero device than an inefficient but dangerous one (not that I'm suggesting CDG is dangerous, you understand)