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Old 04-14-2008, 09:38 AM
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Ferrari show off radical new nose cone

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Very cool
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Seems to be working for Massa - hope it turns into more victories!
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impressive. amazing how little things like that can improve a cars performance. now i wonder if any other team will use something similar?
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I can't get over the pitot tubes part. Taken from fighter jets! Impressive, indeed.
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Originally Posted by diskoe,Apr 14 2008, 11:24 PM
I can't get over the pitot tubes part. Taken from fighter jets! Impressive, indeed.
Very true John, very true!

BTW- nice to see you over here in this corner of the world...
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Originally Posted by samerthehammer,Apr 14 2008, 08:15 PM
now i wonder if any other team will use something similar?
not if, only a matter of when...
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Wow! Ferrari is always ahead of the curve! I bet the McCheaters didn't have this page from the Ferrari book!
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took these from f1technical.com's message board. they've been on this nose since August 2007!

some of their concepts:











#3 is not a functional concept.











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