It seems as though our first responses to seeing a newly-debuted F1 car
are most often that it is "beautiful" or "ugly".

As Shakespeare once memorably said "There was no thought of pleasing
you when I was named."
Then he hurriedly added "-- alack, I who am not shaped for sportive
tricks nor made to court the amourous looking-glass (Dick 3) -- for my
designers were actually concentrating on engineering efficiency,
forsooth, but if thine eyes are displeased, sirrah, we shall anon and
with all haste stop work and put ye lipstick and trendy shapes thereon
---"

What are the stats for wins by "ugly" cars?

On 24 Jan 2007 16:15:24 -0800, "brafield (AT) hotmail (DOT) com"
<brafield (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
McLaren got shut out last season.


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"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

Luigi Topolino <tifoso (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote in
news:fqtfr2tfbbg3q8uebfdb1616e0tubduccr (AT) 4ax (DOT) com:

Nice one

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CatharticF1

"What you thought was Freedom is just Greed."

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:12:25 GMT, CatharticF1 <eferrari (AT) heaven (DOT) net>
wrote:


What you F1 newbs forget, is that a lot of the shape of body parts is
made by the decision of computers and wind tunnels.
So, let's blame Phil.

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Regards, Frank

"Luigi Topolino" <tifoso (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote

And wasnt it Ron Dennis who says that if it looks right it will go
right. (Actually I think he was quoting someone like Ken Tyrrell.)

AC

"a_Frank" <fajp (AT) notthis (DOT) optushome.com.au> wrote

Yes, but a great colour scheme can rescue an iffy looking car. Of
course sponsors dictate the colours, but its a human who decides how
to apply them.

Of course none of hat has anything to do with performance. Just
sayin.......

AC

AC wrote:

Well, Ferrari has shown us that, starting to work properly when erasing that
wing box .

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Thor -- Mieres del Camino -- España

a_Frank wrote:
For me, an F1 car looks at its best flat out through the 180R, or
Becketts, or the Parabolica. If it looks like it's going that fast when
it's not moving, so much the better. Aesthetically if it looks like it
does the job it was designed for, then the chances are that I like it. I
don't think an F1 car should look like it was designed by someone with
an art degree.

You can blame me if you want, but I don't work in F1, and I don't really
want to, anymore.

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Phil

http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/31307.html

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:40:12 GMT, "AC" <alancx (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

go. I see the scenario, where say, ING says 'ok, we'll give you X
amount, which is quite substantial, but we want our logo on the front
wing'. What can the team do ? I don't know how many major sponsors are
queuing up, but there can't be a lot of them.

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Regards, Frank

Phil Newnham <pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Is that 130R when you *really* get the tail hanging out?


Very sensible.

pete
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pete (AT) fenelon (DOT) com "it made about as much sense as a polythene sandwich"