Renault go back to inboard mirrors
While it was expected that more and more teams would revert their inboard mirrors to have them located behind the front wheels, somehow it turned out to be the opposite. Renault had its mirrors integrated into the sidepod panels while on the R28 the have made them pointy and very close to the chassis. The wing mirrors are even partly above the cockpit sides and allowed for very short connections between the monocoque and the mirror covers. You can also see from the top view that the mirrors extend exactly as much from the centre of the car as the (yellow) "ears" ahead of the cockpit opening
Some says they switched\'em again because Alonso prefers\'em inboard, but I don\'t think Fernando has anything to do with the R28s developpement. When I see how sculpted those mirrors are, I\'m sure they didn\'t design it on a rush in the end.
Remember on the R27 they had to add little struts because of rigidity problems, so it compromised aero gain of the design. During the whole season they never managed to get rid of those struts, so they probably withdrawed this design quite soon as far as the next car was concerned.