Comments on: 2009 F1 cars and 2008 cars compared

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:23:52 +0000

Who is Alice?

By: Nasre

Nasre — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:47:30 +0000

I prefer the old one, it looks better, and I believe that the drivers will need more time to adjust themselves for the new setting which may allow others such as Toyota, Redbul, and Force India to be more competitive.

By: Gusf1

Gusf1 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:47:28 +0000

I hope this F1 still survive for the next years with such a lot of changes.

By: Gusf1

Gusf1 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:45:51 +0000

We hope that never happens because this F1 will be the same as A1gp. All cars with the same specs except pilots and that´s not the escence of F1.

By: Gusf1

Gusf1 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:40:22 +0000

I agree with you. Less front wings.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:44:02 +0000

It hadn't been launched at the time this article was written (23/1/09). Pics of all the cars here: F1 2009 season

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:33:20 +0000

Where is the Renault?

By: jack

jack — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:21:26 +0000

I like the 2009 cars a lot better. The 2008 cars were cool, but they had too much crap hanging off them. If things were not change there would just be more and more winglets everywhere. It is more relevant to road cars by using ingenious bodywork to generate downforce rather than just pooping winglets on.

By: AussieLeb

AussieLeb — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:34:17 +0000

Hi guys, long time no blog. But I’m back for another year where I’ll no doubt have to argue the point in defence of my beloved Ferrari’s…..and yes I still have that huge chip on my shoulder

As for the topic at hand, I was hoping someone more edumacated on the technical side of F1 could tell me why, if and approximately how many times the wheel base i.e. width went from wide at the rear and narrower at the front to the opposite in 2009. At the same time will (or won’t)this have an affect on the centre of gravity? I know the drivers are pros but surely even they would have (and maybe still do) felt strange getting into their new rides.

For the record I like the new cars.

By: bill

bill — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:12:29 +0000

what is the ponit when they are all going to have old ford motors in the back if there are any teams left to race

By: martinb

martinb — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:48:13 +0000

Because the rear wing is behind the rear axle, downforce on the rear wing leads to upforce at the front of the car. So if you reduce the size of the rear wing (and presumably its downforce), you can reduce the size of the front wing and keep the same aerodynamic balance.

They should have reduced the front wing, because it is much too wide now. Drivers will be nervous to drive aggressively for fear of losing the wing, especially at the start of races. In other words, less exciting racing. Nice one, FIA.

The new cars look fine, except for the front wing, which is just ridiculously wide.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:14:01 +0000

This really makes the new cars look nice

By: josh

josh — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:53:20 +0000

I think that the 2009 cars lookm pretty poor compared to 2008. thanq FIA for further ruining F1.

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:45:03 +0000

I certainly agree that the front & rear wings are not visually proportional to each other—or the car! I do like the `new look’ otherwise, however. The new cars look more like cars than an aerodynamicist’s nightmare.

I agree too, that there will be a lot of wings lost. I’ve always thought that using the kerbs was `cheating the track’ and dis-liked the practice. I hope the new front wings will eliminate that practice.

By: Polak

Polak — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Kubica has a point with his concerns about the front wings flying off at the start of mmelbourne. They are huge compared to the 08 models.

The Ferrari and McLarens look better in 09 while the BMW looks a LOT better in 08. I like the minimalistic look of the newer cars. I really liked the 89-92 cars.

By: Dane

Dane — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:48:59 +0000

The ‘08 cars were far better looking than the ‘09 ones.

By: Gheen

Gheen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:58:30 +0000

Ben,

Exactly what I thought. 2009 cars are way too plain. I thought 2008 cars were beautiful!

By: Spud

Spud — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:54 +0000

I think Ferrari did have to change them afterwards..

Nice car though! Love the deep red colour!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:57:54 +0000

The 2009 cars are ridiculously ugly. I mean unnecessarily ugly. What were they thinking???

By: Alastair

Alastair — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:32:40 +0000

Are the Ferrari exhausts legal?