No top view? that sucks. Want to see the shape of the overcut...
the engine cover has a minimum surface area, because the teams package so tight to the engine etc they don't meet the requirements, the shark fin therefore increases the surface area to the minimum requirement.ajprice wrote:Is there a regulation shape to the shark fins, or is it a minimum area or size?
yes, but the shark fin is much bigger than that "minimum area"kartwheels wrote:the engine cover has a minimum surface area, because the teams package so tight to the engine etc they don't meet the requirements, the shark fin therefore increases the surface area to the minimum requirement.ajprice wrote:Is there a regulation shape to the shark fins, or is it a minimum area or size?
No-one said it was a Caterham design, just that Caterham staff were there during development and clearly influenced the Sauber designers with something they had experience withScuderia1967 wrote:Actually, it's a Mercedes design, from their 2010 carThunders wrote:
https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/8 ... 1858924544
why should it be banned? to give RB an advantage, to make the cars look "good"?SlickF1 wrote:Shark fin looks looks awful, i think the reason of not banning it is for the purpose of nice and flat advertisement space.
My comment wasn't aimed at you, just at that tweet. Reading it, you get the assumption it was Caterham who invented itRicME85 wrote:No-one said it was a Caterham design, just that Caterham staff were there during development and clearly influenced the Sauber designers with something they had experience withScuderia1967 wrote:Actually, it's a Mercedes design, from their 2010 carThunders wrote:
https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/8 ... 1858924544