Formula 1 2000 Cars: Technical Novelties!

[Dino IV]

Hi everyone!

The season is only five weeks away and the teams are introducing their new championship-contenders one by one.

I would like to invite you to examine the new cars carefully and post here all the technical novelties you come up with, so we can get a better view of the development the engineering-teams have worked out to blast the competition away.

My first one is something about the all-new BAR of which I saw a picture taken from above in the German magazine "Rallye Racing".

The front wishbone of the front sudpension is as with the rest of the field wide, flat and a little wing-shaped.
The BAR-version is carved backwards in a horizontal plane like this: ")".
As it is sufficiently difficult too make those light as well as thin and flat without compromising the overall rigidity it got me a bit puzzled.
Do they want to use it as a kind of second spring if it has a certain predictable reduction of rigidity under load?

I am curious about your observations and comments, so please shoot!

Dino IV.