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[bigpat]

That photo is slightly out of perspective cause the cockpit side protection is the same height on all cars...

Hmmm, I didn't think they were...

In years gone by, the height and angle was governed by the inclination of a straight line from the top of the dash bulkhead, to a prescribed point on top of th eroll hoop. This always meant the cars were a little different.

Looking at the pic, it appears the perspectives are close, just by looking at wishbones, front wing plane etc....

[bud]

Ugly nose regulation likely to change for 2013
Wednesday 29th February 2012, 19:38 by Ryan Wood

© The F1 Times
The regulations surrounding the ‘ugly’ noses which have become common place up and down the grid, will most likely change in 2013, with appearance being taken into account.
The 2012 rules mandate a lower nose for safety reasons, but they stop short of forcing teams to reduce their chassis height, which has led to the majority of cars featuring a stepped nose.
The only car to not feature a stepped nose so far is that of McLaren’s MP4-27. The reason behind this is because of the way in which McLaren designs its chassis to be much lower - a trait they ran with in 2011 and 2010.
Ross Brawn went some way in explaining why the FIA chose not to amend the regulations to include a lower chassis height: “There is no doubt that we should try to make the cars look attractive, racey and appealing,” he told Autosport.
“The feature we’ve all ended up with for the nose is going the wrong way. It was a bit unfortunate. There was an identified need to lower the nose, and of course if you lower the nose you’ve got to join it to the chassis.”
It’s believed a handful of teams spoke to the FIA, requesting they don’t lower the maximum chassis height because of the cost involved in developing an entirely new, lower chassis.
“A few teams sat there and said, ‘We want to be able to carry our chassis over [to 2012]’, which we know is nonsense,” added the Mercedes team principal.
Concerns have been expressed both by fans and those inside the sport about the look of the cars and how this may impact on sponsorship and viewing figures, with less educated fans turning off as a result.
This is what will most likely lead to a re-writing of the regulations for next season.
Brawn suggests any regulation changes be measured against a checklist which assesses the benefits and drawbacks, including whether or not it is visually pleasing.
“You perhaps need to have a checklist for every new regulation. You could ask what the objective is, whether it has a racing benefit and whether it has an aesthetic benefit.”
He added: “Some of the aesthetics you get used to... but some of them, like the nose, we have to fix. McLaren has done a car to that spec so we could follow their dimensions.”
However, the FIA will need convincing that aesthetics are important, with Toro Rosso technical chief Giorgio Ascanelli revealing that the governing body’s technical delegate Charlie Whiting shot down the idea of such a regulation.
“They are not nice,” the Italian told Autosport. “ Lotus [specifically technical director James Allison] wanted a rule to avoid them looking so ugly. But Charlie [Whiting] said it would be the first time we made a rule to avoid cars looking ugly."

[madbrad]

Next thing you know there's be rules to ban ugly grid girls and ugly drivers.

[darwin dali]

Next thing you know there's be rules to ban ugly grid girls and ugly drivers.

Excellent idea - 'bout time for that I'd say

[LewEngBridewell]

The noses don't really bother me at all. It's good racing that I want, whether the cars are duck-billed, walrus-nosed, elephant-trunked or what!

Not really sure how the latter would work, but it'd be an interesting sight.

[darwin dali]

The noses don't really bother me at all. It's good racing that I want, whether the cars are duck-billed, walrus-nosed, elephant-trunked or what!

Not really sure how the latter would work, but it'd be an interesting sight.

Ooh, NOW we're talking
How long a trunk?

[LewEngBridewell]

The noses don't really bother me at all. It's good racing that I want, whether the cars are duck-billed, walrus-nosed, elephant-trunked or what!

Not really sure how the latter would work, but it'd be an interesting sight.

Ooh, NOW we're talking
How long a trunk?

Oh I'm talking loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong.



Long, flexible, muscular........ moist.

[andrew]

The noses don't really bother me at all. It's good racing that I want, whether the cars are duck-billed, walrus-nosed, elephant-trunked or what!

Not really sure how the latter would work, but it'd be an interesting sight.

Ooh, NOW we're talking
How long a trunk?

Oh I'm talking loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong.



Long, flexible, muscular........ moist.

As the bishop said to the actress.................

[darwin dali]

The noses don't really bother me at all. It's good racing that I want, whether the cars are duck-billed, walrus-nosed, elephant-trunked or what!

Not really sure how the latter would work, but it'd be an interesting sight.

Ooh, NOW we're talking
How long a trunk?

Oh I'm talking loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong.



Long, flexible, muscular........ moist.

Oooh, you're a bad boy

[LewEngBridewell]

Oooh, you're a bad boy

Hey!
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad,
But I knew life before I left my nursery,
Left alone with big fat Fanny,
She was such a naughty nanny!
Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me!

DD, you make my rockin' world go round...

[andrew]

[LewEngBridewell]

:getaroom:

As long as there's Queen CDs.

[darwin dali]

Oooh, you're a bad boy

Hey!
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad,
But I knew life before I left my nursery,
Left alone with big fat Fanny,
She was such a naughty nanny!
Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me!

DD, you make my rockin' world go round...

Come to momma

[LewEngBridewell]

Oooh, you're a bad boy

Hey!
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad,
But I knew life before I left my nursery,
Left alone with big fat Fanny,
She was such a naughty nanny!
Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me!

DD, you make my rockin' world go round...

Come to momma

Excuse us everybody. Me and DD will be offline for a while. Andrew will continue to provide the entertainment for this evening.

[andrew]

Oooh, you're a bad boy

Hey!
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad,
But I knew life before I left my nursery,
Left alone with big fat Fanny,
She was such a naughty nanny!
Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me!

DD, you make my rockin' world go round...

Come to momma

Excuse us everybody. Me and DD will be offline for a while.

Thank goodness for that! You 2 are giving the rest of us the boke with you're mutual love in.