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Originally Posted by GTfour
Oh horror! Are these airheads at the ACO really gonna follow them idiotic fabcar windowwidth and roofheight rules?! What has come in to these people? Do they wanna scare fans away? Are they getting complacend like the F1 mob?
Maximum noise levels,no more wheelspin in the pitlane,an environmentalistprice for the cleanest car,moving the public ever further away from the track...who's running this gig nowadays? The french greenyparty?    |
It was pointed out in the EI article the photoshop of the 908 was not a true reflection of the final cars.
The new cars have a minimum width at the base of the cockpit around 30cm greater than the 908, but the actual coupe roof can be any shape the designer wishes, i.e. a squarish shape like the Mercedes CLR/911 GT1 98, or a dome shape like the Toyota GT-ONE/Bentley Speed 8. The other stipulation is a maximum cockpit volume which would make the rear cockpit resemble a Mercedes C9 or 962, rather than the very short teardrop shape of the 3.5l Group C cars such as the 905.
The 908 cockpit is exceptionally narrow, nothing comes close to it in the Group C or GT1 era bar the 3.5l 905.