Check Out My Rear

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Indycar 2012

after all the fuss about the F1 nose, check these out

[David Church]

I watched a bit of these racing last night, they looked awful!!!
The only thing I can think of is they've done this for safety, you know those crazy yanks!

[gainsy]

Clearly the designer left half way through & was replaced with the batmobile designer
Awful

[bodgit]

On the other hand they reduce drag so increase SPEED and I suppose they would help stop the sort of puncture vettel got in the last race.
I would'nt say no to a go in one.

[coleman758]

SERIOUSLY!

Your all mad , Its looks pretty damn sweet!

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by David Church

The only thing I can think of is they've done this for safety, you know those crazy yanks!

Yes, it's entirely down to safety. It's to try and keep the cars from being launched into the air when the following car touches the rear tyres on ovals, the sort of accident that killed Dan Wheldon and broke Will Powers back after he was launched 30 feet up in the air at Las Vegas last year.

It also generates more downforce than the old cars and is designed to enable closer racing and more overtaking than the old Dallara, which it certainly did last night compared with the boring race last season. It also showed you can lean on the car in front with the substantial front wing against the side of the rear wheel protector. If F1 had been using these Dallaras at Malaysia both Button and Vettel would have had no damage when hitting Karthikeyan.

Having watched the pre-season practice sessions and the two races I've already got used to them, although with some paint schemes they are still pretty ugly from certain angles.

For those who haven't seen them in action: