2021 nose cone concept

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GM7
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2021 nose cone concept

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2021 FORMULA 1 TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
3.6 Front Bodywork
3.6.1 Nose
Bodywork declared as “Nose” must:
a. Lie within RV-CH-NOSE.
b. In any X plane, contain no more than a single closed section which must have no external concave radius of curvature. Between XF= -950 and XA=0, the part of this section which is visible from above, must:
i. be a tangent continuous curve
ii. be tangent to the Y-axis at Y=0 and to the Z-axis at its outermost extremity
iii. have no radius of curvature smaller than 50mm
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Article must be satisfied when considering both sides of the car.
c. In any Y plane, contain only a single open section.
d. Be arranged such that, when viewed from above, no part of RS-CH-NOSE, may be visible.
The following will be exempt from the above:
e. The cameras (position 2) and mounting brackets defined in Article 8.17.7
f. A single aperture for the purpose of driver cooling, such an aperture having a maximum surface area of 1500mm2 when measured on the untrimmed Nose and being situated forward of the section referred to in Article 13.6.1 (a).
NOTE: additional freedom will be given to the nose (some ducting etc.) once all the safety aspects of the increased energy absorption have been defined.
By reading this part of the 2021 Formula 1 technical regulation, i was wondering what kind of concept we will possibly see. Is it possible to replicate the concept of the Ferrari F14T or Caterham F1 2015 ? What kind of "interesting" concept could we see ?

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JordanMugen
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Interesting analysis GM7! Hopefully the rules don't result in ugly cars. :roll:

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jjn9128
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Our car in our 2021 rules article had a slight inflection at the nose tip
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