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The three biggest legacies from F 1 in a road car context are
- faux diffusers (even on a 1litre Focus )
- faux 'raised nose' look
- the irritating tendency of some lazy journalists to wibble on about 'mechanical grip' , as if most road cars at most speeds had any other sort of grip
To be fair, I first saw shift lights and paddle shifts on Ferrari 640/641 but any legacy from F1 to road cars is incidental - and that is just as it should be . After all , the purpose of the space programme wasn't to invent non stick pans and WD40 was it ?
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