danm Wrote:
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> Benetton were the first to push for that rather
> fugly high nose in the early 90's.
>
> That fat little raised nugget bloater featured in
> their fair share of wins in 1994.
>
> And then it got copied from 1995 by pretty much
> every team.
>
> McLaren are dipping towards the 'non-norm' as
> Benetton did back then.
Not quite so.
The Tyrrell team were first to experiment with the raised nose in 1990.
Benetton still had the low nose in 1990
And followed suit with the raised nose from 1991
Some teams fluctuated between the two philosophies, Tyrrell, Ferrari, Pacific etc. The leadings teams of the era Williams & McLaren didn't follow suit until 1995, some 5 seasons after it first appeared.
I don't believe Mclaren have missed a "trick" either. Their general concept has been different to Red Bull for a while and yet the performance is very close. The other teams are more like Red Bull because in f1 it's rather fashionable to imitate the trends set by Adrian Newy.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2012 08:50PM by J i m.