Who took the hubcaps?

[Mikep99]

I was wondering where they went.

Canadian Grand Prix: Who took the hubcaps?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/09/smhugh209.xml
Ferrari had to remove their front wheel-hub covers that usually aid the car’s aerodynamic efficiency. As much as 35 per cent of the total aerodynamic drag of an F1 car is created by the front wheels, which by regulation have to be open to the air and cannot be covered by bodywork, as with a road car.
The F1 front-wheel covers – which remain static while the wheel turns - are designed to channel the air that cools the brake discs in a more aerodynamically efficient way. Not only does this create less drag, but the design used also has the effect of giving more cooling effect to the brake disc. The teams use this effect to then reduce the size of the downforce-robbing brake duct inlets.
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But Ferrari found in practice that they had reduced them too far for the tough braking demands of this circuit, heat was building up behind the covers and they were left with no alternative but to remove them.

[Rivelution]

Will those hubcaps be banned next year?

[Mikep99]

Will those hubcaps be banned next year?

I think I read somewhere that they would.

[darwin dali]

Not surprised - the Canadian GP is the hardest on brakes of all races. I think Ferrari even switched from Brembo to Carbon Industries for just this race (as they've done previously).

[Rivelution]

Will those hubcaps be banned next year?

I think I read somewhere that they would.

I hope they do because they make the car look ugly!

[bud]

Will those hubcaps be banned next year?

I think I read somewhere that they would.

I hope they do because they make the car look ugly!

i actually dont mind the stealth black look of some of the teams, looks like Knight rider i dont like the painted on rims of the Ferrari's though, thats abit corny

as for next year i think they will be banned though i dont know what they would come under as they are not winglets and not sure they would come under the reduction of downforce either.

[7UpJordan]

Will those hubcaps be banned next year?

I think I read somewhere that they would.

I hope they do because they make the car look ugly!

That's exactly what I think too. Fortunately the FIA have finally got round to thinking of aesthetics.

[AKR]

Probably some scouser took the hupcaps. *LOL* I hear that is what they do to cars in Liverpool. That is a big in my books.