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“The regs do not force them to have those ugly bulbous 'pontoons' in front of the front wheels that start nearly vertical on all new LMP cars.”
No, Physics forces that. Either you use what works best, or lose.
“They talk about the importance of lower drag but they choose an open front splitter, isn't a closed one better for that purpose ?”
I think that is so if the car porpoises the front end doesn’t seal to the pavement which would kill all airflow out the diffuser and make the rear end weightless.
What I think is interesting is that there are still people out there with the passion to produce P1 cars. Perrin has to be making significant investments just to get as far as he has.
As the economy heals (assuming it does, globally) companies like Perrinn, Multimatic/Lola, Oak will be invaluable. We cannot count on another Porsche 956/962 to come along, and even if it did, options and variety are wonderful things.
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