This year when the technical changes were announced by FIA for for the new F1 cars, to cut the costs and speed, I wasn't much worried. They did the same thing the previous years and the teams came up with various solutions to make the car faster. But one look at the new car built under the new rules, I was shocked.. The car looked like a skeleton. It was more pronounced in the BMW cars. BMW had those cute little horns on the nose and on the engine cover and a lot other small aerodynamic stuff all of which have been stripped off.. The most obvious change is the new front wing which looks lower and wider, making the car look like a Crab and those aweful wings standing behind the car like an Air Traffic Control Tower...
The FIA calls it cost cutting. To stop teams spending a lot for aerodynamics. The withdrawal of Honda will strengthen FIA's calls for cost cutting... The next plan is to introduce standard engines with a lower power in 2010...
Hey isn't F1 supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsports where new innovations are made in the auto industry? Might as well have a F1 race of cycles. a lottt less cost, a lot less area to develop and a wayyy lot slower...
The 2009 Car
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The 2008 Car
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