Batman, is that you?

[Don Quixote]

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_gallery_image_display.php?fes_gal_id=301&fes_image_number=14&fes_reverse_order=

[indyfan31]

From the driver on back that is one UGLY car.

I like the idea of the series, let's see how the execution goes.

[Clown]

This thing is almost uglier than a wagon :shakehead

http://www.pitpass.com/images/galleries/2004a1studio0904/2004a1studio0904_s010.jpg
http://www.pitpass.com/images/galleries/2004a1studio0904/2004a1studio0904_s006.jpg
http://www.pitpass.com/images/galleries/2004a1studio0904/2004a1studio0904_s013.jpg

[nrc]

This thing is almost uglier than a wagon :shakehead


I dunno, give it a nose job, chainsaw off the airbox and give it a decent paint job and I don't think it would look that bad.

[Sean O'Gorman]

I dunno, give it a nose job, chainsaw off the airbox and give it a decent paint job and I don't think it would look that bad.

By that standard, you could even make an IRL car look good...

[Rogue Leader]

if they hacked that fin off the airbox it would look sweet... I always hated when champ cars had those....

[nrc]

By that standard, you could even make an IRL car look good...

Nope, crapwagon ugliness is shot clear through to the tub by order of Lord Sagamore.

The besides the airbox and the noses crapwagons have huge sidepods, fat asses and ridiculously large wings. Only Grand Am saves them from being the ugliest race cars on earth. Another aspect of the IMS/ISC collusion perhaps?

[RTKar]

It's not THAT bad, the nose is much better than a wagon. The fin on the airbox has to go and I don't like the rear wing configuration. It looks a little clumsy.

[tllips]

Is there an aero advantage to such large upright surfaces on the rear wing? They go all the way down next to the tire.

[4wheeldrifter]

I think it's funky without being quite Crapwagon-ugly. Does have a lot of Batmobile in its DNA though.

[Sean O'Gorman]

Is there an aero advantage to such large upright surfaces on the rear wing? They go all the way down next to the tire.

Probably not, but I'd imagine since it is a spec chassis, the A1 GP organizers told them to make the car look wild.

From the side it doesn't look that bad (aside from the fin), but for the most part it looks very overdone.

[pineapple]

Looks like a pregnant orca from the side.

Maybe it's the paint job that's throwing me off. Wonder how it would look in black matte carbon fiber.

[nrc]

Looks like a pregnant orca from the side.

Maybe it's the paint job that's throwing me off. Wonder how it would look in black matte carbon fiber.

Check the original link. It has a whole series of pics of the car without paint.

[nrc]

Is there an aero advantage to such large upright surfaces on the rear wing? They go all the way down next to the tire.

Boxing in the rear wing with big end-plates improves the downforce by eliminating turbulence over the ends of the wing and around the tires.

Somewhere along the line Champ car started requiring a minimum clearance between the rear endplates, the bodywork and the rear tires to control downforce.

[Steve99]

if they hacked that fin off the airbox it would look sweet...

That fin is prime sponsorship real estate. F1 is headed that way now, too.

[Steve99]

After looking through the pics of that black car, it sure seems to have a lot of aerodynamic surfaces. These things aren't going to like turbulence.