i think the new rear wing is ok, and i’m happy that all those winglets are finally gone.

The general opinion is F1 needs more overtaking, this simply isn’t true and these cars will certainly not provide it. Formula One by nature will produce race grids with little scope for position changes. These abomination aerodynamics will do nothing to change this characteristic of the sport and so we will still have half a dozen races which your describe as processional. What do we have to gain from these regulations? Perhaps some vanilla repositioning on the opening laps of races. What do we have to lose? The build up and anticipation over many laps, the anxiety over whether or not Lewis or Kimi will have a go into turn 1 this time around!

Ask yourself this, do you actually expect a Ferrari that has qualified behind a Toyota, to overtake that Toyota and then stay close enough so that the Toyota will overtake it on the next lap, creating a battle of Gilles-Rene like legend? Of course not, the Ferrari is just going to drive off into the distance. How is this exciting to you, or anyone?

As has been said by Windsor many times, if overtaking is all you covet, there’s plenty of places to go and get your fix. Leave F1 alone.

Well said Robert.

I hope you’re happy that you contributed to ruining the aesthetic appeal of the sport for a solution that will not give you what you want (not that you have any idea what that is) and was never really needed in the first place.

Yes, we can have “ugly” cars that don’t overtake (2008) or different “ugly” cars that might be more able to overtake.

I use the word “ugly” in inverted commas because it’s relative.

The aesthetics is surely the least important bit. A good-looking procession much better than an “ugly” looking yet good race? Course not.

To me, for the moment, it’s the worst (looking) Formula One car I have ever seen. It just doesn’t fit together.

but he say something more interesting:

Even with these aerodynamics it’s still not possible to drive right behind another car. We will see in the first few races. It’s more of a problem to not knock off the front wing at the first corner.

something similar say Pedro de la Rosa:

It will still be a wide car, there will still be aerodynamic effect and offline will stay dirty. It will be easier, but it won’t be MotoGP. And people need to understand that.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72176

so did we have ugly cars and no overtaking ?:)

the ugliest ever formula 1 car. why did Mosley always make such stupid regulation which might lost F1’s fans?
for God’s sake, now we’re on 21st century! show what we should show! don’t be trapped in 1980’s era, and yet dreaming you could bring it again nowadays.

i prefer A1 GP cars. they are based on Ferrari F2004, and yes it looks much better than F1 2009 car.

if F1 2009 cars remain the same like this, i’m sure F1’s gonna lost its fans.

The Santander advert with Lewis is quite prescient, they just forgot to add an aeroplane wing to the kit.

In the early 1900’s, manufacturers experimented with what were to become known as “freak cars” – they looked like boilers and although in race terms they were successful, the public hated them and so they were quickly dropped.

Having said all that if the racing is electric, no one will care. But if it isnt……

Plus F1 cars are pretty ugly anyway. It’s just what we’ve got used to in the past 2 years. You’ll all get used to this very quickly.

And if you don’t, who cares about aesthetics anyway. You don’t hear me complaining about having to look at Flavio…

And number of front wings that will be knocked off this season? At least 20. Called it!