Most beautiful F1 car contest

[Sebp]

Pure vulgarity!



Beats that clinical screamer noise on all accounts, imho.

[HampusA]

For V12´s i think Ferrari played in it´s own league to be honest.

[Sebp]

For V12´s i think Ferrari played in it´s own league to be honest.

Not bad indeed!

[xpensive]

The 1978 Ferrai 312 t3 was one of the most beautiful ever to my mind.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic/162/ ... T3_13.html

[Oss El Boss]

http://i1102.hizliresim.com/2011/2/19/6563.jpg

[Oss El Boss]

[Giblet]

If that car could dial it's aero appendages down from a 10 (the BMW f.108 being an 11) down to about 7.5 it would look perfect.

[Muulka]

I have to say that, for me, those outboard mirrors are very aesthetically pleasing. They make the gar seem more.... chunky. If that makes sense!

I don't like that car's aero though. Yet I like the BMW's. I have strange and inconsistant taste!

[andrew]

I think this is when the cars were at their most aesthetically pleasing.

The current cars are far too sparse for my liking.

[beelsebob]

I think this is when the cars were at their most aesthetically pleasing.

The current cars are far too sparse for my liking.

Heh, each to their own – I find the cluttered wings everywhere the ugliest cars they've ever made. In fact, in ~2000 or so (don't remember the exact year) the FIA banned wings on the side pods exactly because they were ugly as sin.

Personally I think current F1 cars are some of the most beautiful there's been – it's a close run thing with the cigar shaped ones though.

[ajdavison2]

I think this is when the cars were at their most aesthetically pleasing.

The current cars are far too sparse for my liking.

Have to agree with you there, I personally found the pre-2009 era cars with all the aero-sculpture stunning. I find the idea just as beautiful ( if an idea can be beautiful ) that everything on those cars was purely function over form, and that it just happened to look amazing in the process. Obviously it's still the case with modern f1 cars, but I find there is less to appreciate than before these rules came into effect.

[beelsebob]

I think this is when the cars were at their most aesthetically pleasing.

The current cars are far too sparse for my liking.

Have to agree with you there, I personally found the pre-2009 era cars with all the aero-sculpture stunning. I find the idea just as beautiful ( if an idea can be beautiful ) that everything on those cars was purely function over form, and that it just happened to look amazing in the process. Obviously it's still the case with modern f1 cars, but I find there is less to appreciate than before these rules came into effect.

Odd, in my experience almost all engineers will go after what they call "elegance" – generally meaning finding simple solutions to complex problems. Newey's RB7 pretty much epitomises the idea, and to a certain extent the MP4-26. I tend to find the "oh, just stick more wings on it" approach a rather ugly solution both from the aesthetics point of view, and from the engineering point of view.

[wesley123]

I personally do not really like them on their looks. It is safe as saying that you think this or that is the most good looking cranes ever. These card are built for one purpose, go fast, the best looking doesnt win prizes with it. Although I describe some as good looking and such I find them good looking by the way of engineering, and complexity for example. herefore I prefer 2008 cars way above the cars running now.

[ajdavison2]

Probably why I'm not an engineer then haha

[Muulka]

I personally do not really like them on their looks. It is safe as saying that you think this or that is the most good looking cranes ever. These card are built for one purpose, go fast, the best looking doesnt win prizes with it. Although I describe some as good looking and such I find them good looking by the way of engineering, and complexity for example. herefore I prefer 2008 cars way above the cars running now.

What is your favourite crane aesthetically?

I jest, I jest...

Just because they're not made to be beautiful, doesn't mean they can't be. Many, many beautiful thingswere not designed with beauty in mind.