The new cars...

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111262

I really hope this impression of the rules is highly overdone. It literally looks like f1 is giving the finger....

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Esseesse said:

IIRC the rules about the dropped nose is to do with safety so that the end is less at another drivers height.

They should work on the rules so something more like this nose is the logical solution...

Unfortunately I don't think we will ever see cars with noses like this again due to the cars of that era Being prone to submarining under another car in a rear impact ther are some pretty stringent rules around the nose cone to stop any designs like this again

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I find it funny that the designers blame the fia for their ugly cars... After all, it's the designers that have the pen in their hand...

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Esseesse said:

But design is normally more about how something works than how it looks, especially in this case.

Agreed. I suppose it is a bit of a demonstration of how 'wrong' f1 is these days. Regulations are changed so often/ill considered before implemented/heavily restrictive that designers are forced to design something ugly to be competitive.

Perhaps the FIA should be a little more relaxed on rules in some areas to allow some freedom of design. I also think that the teams and designers should moan a little less and if they really are worried about their 'ugly' cars, they should do something about it. Propose alternatives to the FIA, that sort of thing, they cannot just stand their and point the finger at someone else.