Shark fin back in F1 (6 posts)

  • Profile picture of Force Maikel Force Maikel said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Today I was thinking about something I read about a couple of months ago. During the Magny Cours test Mercedes was asked by the FIA to test a shark fin on their car for the purpose of driver identification.

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    Does anyone know what became of this idea?

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  • Profile picture of JamieFranklinF1 JamieFranklinF1 said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Not entirely sure if it is set for this season, but if you’ve seen the McLaren MP4-28 video, then it certainly looks like they have altered the airbox area, which could in turn mean that they have added a shark fin.

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  • Profile picture of Force Maikel Force Maikel said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @JamieFranklinF1 Difficult to tell but it seems there is still a dimple where this shark fin could be. So I don’t think they have one.

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  • Profile picture of Prisoner Monkeys Prisoner Monkeys said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I’m pretty sure the introduction of DRS made sharkfins too unwieldely for teams to use. Which is a good thing, because they were hideous.

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  • Profile picture of Keith Collantine Keith Collantine said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I thought Mercedes were evaluating this for the FIA? If so then they’d need to be mandated in the rules, which hasn’t happened in the 2013 or 2014 regulations published so far.

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  • Profile picture of GeorgeDaviesF1 GeorgeDaviesF1 said 4 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Would be pretty cool if it could be done on the airbox without a shark fin.

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