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1. me
   November 17th, 2008 at 7:22pm

   am feeling very, very ill right now.

2. Tom M
   November 17th, 2008 at 7:23pm

   That car is seriously ugly! It’s going to be interesting to see what the other teams come up with - but 2009 is certainly going to look very different to what we’ve become used to.

3. Oliver White
   November 17th, 2008 at 7:24pm

   am feeling very, very ill right now.

   That car is seriously ugly!

   Heh, I never thought I would say this, but I think the prettiest thing on the concept F1.09 are the slick tyres!

4. me
   November 17th, 2008 at 7:28pm

   That car is seriously ugly! It’s going to be interesting to see what the other teams come up with - but 2009 is certainly going to look very different to what we’ve become used to.

   the new honda looks just as bad.

5. Steven Roy
   November 17th, 2008 at 7:56pm

   It looks like someone raided the parts bin and took the first suitable bit then stuck them all together. How could a team of intelligent people draw up a set of regs that gave us that?

6. Oliver White
   November 17th, 2008 at 8:33pm

   How could a team of intelligent people draw up a set of regs that gave us that?

   The key word their is ‘intelligent’. If some drivers and engineers are correct and these new monstrosities do not produce better racing, then the FIA have serious egg on their face.

7. lou
   November 17th, 2008 at 9:23pm

   the new honda looks just as bad.

   it really does. I can just about cope with the new williams front wing… but the huuuugggee BMW and Honda front wings are just awful I’m gonna need to whole off season and most of the ‘09 season to get used to them… having said that, there is still a possibility that they may be changed during the off season, it’s only the first test after all.

8. Oliver White
   November 17th, 2008 at 9:32pm

   having said that, there is still a possibility that they may be changed during the off season, it’s only the first test after all.

   Here’s hoping Lou, here’s hoping…

9. Milos
   November 18th, 2008 at 3:25am

   I think it would not that bad if the there was not such a huge disproportion between size of the front and the rear wing

   it looks rather silly but, we got used to all the ugly winglets and horns and towers, we will get used to this

10. Milos
    November 18th, 2008 at 3:26am

    the slicks look nice though, glad to have these babies back in F1

11. Ben Auty
    November 18th, 2008 at 10:51am

    I hate these new cars … In my opinion F1 is taking a MASSIVE step back … Last years cars where outstandingly good looking and they “looked” as though they deserved to be at the top of the tree as an F1 car … The 09 car is sooooo bad and it does not make F1 look as though its the pinnacle of motor sport … Not good ! Not good at all … We are now where we were 30 years ago !

12. Lee inskip
    November 18th, 2008 at 1:47pm

    Well call me old fashioned, but I am more interested in great racing than lots pretty winglets - although I have to admit the new cars look very clumsy. It should be noted that these regulations were specified by a working group from the teams themselves and not the FIA. Only time will tell if they actually work or not!

    The thing that suprised me was how much wider the front wing is - it actually seems wider than the front wheels making it very exposed to damage. It will be interesting to see how many people need a new nose after the first lap of next season!

13. Kris
    November 18th, 2008 at 2:07pm

    Oh dear

    I think they need more than a bit of evolution. The cars look absolutely ridiculous!

14. Jamie
    November 18th, 2008 at 5:50pm

    Besides the endplates on the front wing, i say this new generation of automobiles are aesthetically masterful, but then i preferred decadent box-shaped cars to todays featureless aerodynamic shells.

    I’m in the minority with my expressions, but i adore those rear wings.

15. Mauricio
    November 19th, 2008 at 7:09pm

    Man, this looks like a f-renault car…

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