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Whiting: New rules will stop 'ugly' noses for 2015
F1's governing body will move to stop 'ugly' noses ahead of the 2015 season.
Drivers, fans and even the designers have expressed dismay at the aesthetics of this year's new cars, after a change to the nose-height regulations on safety grounds for 2014.
But the FIA also expressed doubts about the safety of the new solutions, believing that while the designs conform to the letter of the rules, the 'spirit' has been less well observed.
"As rule makers, we cannot get into how the nose looks aesthetically," FIA technical chief Charlie Whiting told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
"What concerns us is whether they fulfil the purpose that we intended with these rules," said the...
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