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Old 10 Aug 2017, 12:46 (Ref:3758615)   #1119
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Originally Posted by Richard Casto View Post
For series that use spec hardware you can use a designer to create a particular look. The result can be whatever they want it to be. The performance may be good, or bad, but everyone is in the same boat. But for non-spec series like F1 that are driven by technical specifications, then IMHO, they are generally pointless. It just gets fans riled up and say "Yeah! That is what F1 should look like". But, the cars look like whatever comes out of the other end of the "go fast" design process. All "function" and little in the way of "form" other than livery.

Sometimes form and function happen to intersect when engineering a solution...




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Richard, even the new fighters are pretty to look at, not so much ...
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