A radical look for 2007?

By Karl King
October 24 2005

F1 cars may recieve a radical new look for 2007, with the possible introduction of a double rear wing concept. The sport's governing body, the FIA recently carried out an online survey and discovered that the majority of fans belived F1 needed much more overtaking.

Therefore they FIA carried out a programme of research to overcome the problem of having bad aerodynamic performance when attempting to overtake the car in front.

The FIA have now published an artist's impression of what the car would look like, with the objective that the car would create a wake in which a following car would generate more downforce with reduced drag. (Below)

Air Flow with Conventional Wing:

Air Flow with CDG Wing:

The CDG wing (Centreline Downwash Generating Wing), pictured below, will be shown to the Formula One Commission meeting in London today.

The FIA intend to introduce this as part of the shake up in Technical Regulations in 2008 which will see wider wheels and slick tyres, and with the teams' agreement, these changes could appear as early as the 2007 season.

Max Mosely, blamed widely for the lack of overtaking in F1 commented "This new research is important for the future of Formula One. By introducing the CDG wing we can give motor sport fans exactly what they have asked for, wheel-to-wheel racing with much more overtaking.

"It is our hope that the teams will collaborate with us in the optimisation of this radical new idea so that the aerodynamic benefits can be introduced into Formula One in 2007 rather than having to wait until 2008." Mosely continued.