F1 2009 - Overtaking means loss of wing?

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So a new rule change to encourage overtaking means that cars will now sport smaller rear wings and hideously oversized front wings.

Will this work? I suspect the number of pits stops for front wing changes due to contact with another car during overtaking is going to be high!

1st race prediction 5 new wings fitted after lap 1, 3 more during the race :lol:

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Now that wins are the only thing that matters, I expect more first corner suicide dives and just more broken bits in general.
But yeah, the size of the front wings will definitely play a factor in the first corner, the Red Bull drivers will be ok though ;)
 
Didn't someone post a comparison of two photos during testing in the rain, one of the old configs (on a TR iirc) and the new configs, and the drag on the new configs was a lot less. Going on that basis, I'm hopeful. Though, this season is just going to completely turn everything we know. I cannot predict who will win, or who will challenge. Going on testing you'd say Rubens and Jenson have a chance...but that just seems...wrong. We just don't know.
 
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So a new rule change to encourage overtaking means that cars will now sport smaller rear wings and hideously oversized front wings.

Will this work? I suspect the number of pits stops for front wing changes due to contact with another car during overtaking is going to be high!

1st race prediction 5 new wings fitted after lap 1, 3 more during the race :lol:

F1 pessimist/life long lover
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Way late man...way late.
 
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Didn't someone post a comparison of two photos during testing in the rain, one of the old configs (on a TR iirc) and the new configs, and the drag on the new configs was a lot less. Going on that basis, I'm hopeful. Though, this season is just going to completely turn everything we know. I cannot predict who will win, or who will challenge. Going on testing you'd say Rubens and Jenson have a chance...but that just seems...wrong. We just don't know.
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I have no idea about the science involved and the benefits the new wing designs may bring I just think something will get broken, often.

I certainly do hope it will provide a better spectacle but not for the wrong reasons. It has been a detracting factor of F1 for too long now that something other than the racing seems to dictate the results, I want to see some racing, good clean and fast! (oh and to hear 'the Chain' again).
 
We have some good drivers out there. I'm pretty sure it won't be so bad.
 
All race drivers grow horns and a forked tail once the race starts.
 
Well, it was fun to watch and yes, I may have been slightly out in my assumptions!

The drivers are and will always be hot blooded racers who, on the change of a light colour will inevitably change from the cool customers they pretend to be off track into victor monkeys at any cost.

I was pleased to see the new rules actually made for more interesting racing, it's a shame the FIA won't leave it at that.
 

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