[CyborgR]

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Ferrari’s newly launched 2009 single seater, the F60, has been declared “illegal” by a specialist German motoring publication.

Auto Motor und Sport said the car, revealed last week at the Mugello circuit in Italy, features rear exhaust outlets that contravene the sweeping new technical regulations.

The magazine said some of the Italian team’s rivals have noted that because of the new rules cracking down on bodywork appendages like aerodynamic winglets, exposing the exhausts in the way the F60 is designed is not allowed.

A glance at the other new cars revealed so far - the Renault, Williams, McLaren and Toyota - shows that their exhausts have all been mounted in-board.

Auto Motor und Sport said it should not be too much of a problem for Ferrari to redesign the exhaust housing, but it may help to explain the team’s retreat from the Portimao group test this week to Mugello.

Officially, Ferrari decamped to Mugello because of adverse weather forecasts for this week, but the magazine said the F60 also showed a significant problem with its front wing when tested last week.

It is suggested that, in light of these challenges, Ferrari concluded that it should be conducting the car’s first major test as close as possible to its Maranello base.

Source: GMM via World Car Fans

[maranello55]

Never use league physics.....never update .rfm :lol:

[PCcrazy]

I like the way engineers by all means trying really hard to push the boundaries of engineering. Provided it contravenes the law, than it's not fair.

But if the design contravenes the sporting regulations, I for one applaud the engineers for having seen the loopholes. Like Renault launch control for example.

This post has been edited by PCcrazy: 22 January 2009 - 11:25 AM

[L-PlateDriver]

Should be interesting with the new regulations. They are all in uncharted territory with the 2009 regs.

Bear in mind Ferrari is also running late with their KERS, although it is still debatable whether this KERS will make a huge difference. It is after all quite heavy and some teams have said they won't be using it. We'll know soon enough after a couple of races.

P.S. The cars are really really fugly this year though. Have to you seen the 2009 Renault...lol.....well, I hope the racing will be good. I can accept an ugly car as long as they are functional and give good races.