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Old 18 Nov 2008, 21:49 (Ref:2337241)   #5
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3.4 - Bodywork :
3.4.1 -
c/
• On the complete area situated :
− Between a vertical and transversal plane 1200
mm rearward of the front axle centreline and the
rear trailing edge of the car,
− over a minimum width equal to the overall width
of the bodywork minus 300 mm, distributed
symmetrically about the longitudinal centreline
of the car,
With exception of the cockpit opening (open cars
only), all visible parts of the bodywork must be a
continuous unbroken surface without cut-outs. The
only openings permitted are:
− Air intakes for the engine (cf. Art. 3.4.5. c.),
− Air intakes for the brakes,
− Exhaust pipe outlets,
If other openings are necessary, they must not
protrude over the surface of the bodywork. Only
“naca” air ducts or outlets covered with louvers or
wire meshes are permitted.
Seems to limit what you can do towards the rear of the car...wonder what spurred this clarification....Acura?

There's also a clarification of 3.6.2 that might seem to make illegal Audi Spa wings. Depends on how you read it...frankly one way seems to endorse those!

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c.5 – The surfaces shall be flat and parallel to the
vertical plane passing through the longitudinal centre
line of the car.
c.6 – Apart from the fixations permitted by article
3.6.3.c.2. above, no bodywork elements must be
attached onto the end plates.
Might make this illegal:

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/ACO20...cept-MF001.jpg

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