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Old 11 May 2017, 22:23 (Ref:3732889)   #2284
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My first thought is F1 cars are moving aero devices, there would be there is no point looking at something without seeing the CFD or wind tunnel data that goes with it.

The second thought is that NASCARs are pretty much built to a Spec with different body shells and engines. Seeing that pole has set their front camber 1/2 a degree more than second and third did in qualifying is immediately transferable.
F1 cars are Twin prototypes, they are built to regulations with each pair having been born from a design concept that runs through the cars.

Making a carbon copy of Ferrari's front wing and putting it on say a Sauber, won't work, because the overall design of the Sauber of the Sauber, is conceptually different.

I can also see it raise costs as well, as lesser teams will try to make possibly lots of variations of the top teams wings, floors or body parts to force radical changes to their cars in effect making a b-spec car, rather than continuing to evolve their own design concept.

Having said all that teams being a little less secretive about what's under the skins of the cars wouldn't go a miss. Stopping the nonsense of mechanics standing blocking the World feed cameras should be one of the first and easiest ways of allowing fans/TV viewers more access into what's happening in the garage.

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