News Details

To step or not to step?

February 8th, 2013 (F1plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - When the first 2012 F1 cars were launched at the beginning of last year, it quickly became obvious that the defining visual feature of the cars would be their stepped noses - all barring the Mclaren and Marussia had a noticeable step between the chassis and the nose. The steps were declared "ugly" and the regulations tweaked to allow the steps to be covered from 2013 onwards. The new rules allow for a non-structural "vanity panel" to be installed on the nose which would hide the step. The panel is intended to be purely cosmetic which, unfortunately for the rule-makers, made it largely irrelevant to the design of a...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren MP4-28 does have hidden stepped nose

1 February, 2013 The recently launched McLaren MP4-28 appears almost...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Newey explains Red Bull's take on stepped nose

Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey has explained the...
12y ago from espnF1.com

New Williams to feature vanity panel over stepped nose

7 February, 2013 Pastor Maldonado in the Williams FW34 at Jerez The...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu eyes 2027 regulations ahead of...

Toprak Razgatlioglu is already looking ahead to the 2027 MotoGP...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Honda test rider Takaaki Nakagami to replace Luca...

Honda test rider Takaaki Nakagami has been announced as a replacement for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Nolan Siegel apologizes for profanity-filled radio rant

Arrow McLaren driver Nolan Siegel has apologized for what he said over...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar breaks 1 million US TV viewers for third...

The NTT IndyCar Series is nearly through the first year with its new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal have 11 days to complete Aston Villa transfer...

Arsenal may have just eleven days to get a transfer deal done for Aston...
57m ago from CaughtOffside.com

“We have to try to stop them from doing that” -...

Former Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has opened up on facing the Blues at...
47m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I am 100% convinced…' – Arsenal transfer...

The agent of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko has spoken to Fabrizio...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal enquire about signing Premier League star...

Arsenal have reportedly made informal enquiries into Aston Villa’s...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.