My favourite worst F1-car!

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And it would also have its place in the long wheelbase VS short wheelbase thread.

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Found another pic of that scary thing Ciro posted:

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It's dubbed the "Eagle Aircraft" according to the sources that some googling provided me with.

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It is the Eagle Aircraft Flyer-Chevy that Ken Hamilton entered for the Indy 500 in 1982. It was withdrawn from the race becasue it had very poor handling and was slow.

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Is it me or did two completely different threads just get merged by an overzealous mod? It's a bit difficult to follow now between "badly performing but loveable" cars (= favourite worst F1 car) and just plain ugly ones (most ugliest F1 car).

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bot6 wrote:Is it me or did two completely different threads just get merged by an overzealous mod? It's a bit difficult to follow now between "badly performing but loveable" cars (= favourite worst F1 car) and just plain ugly ones (most ugliest F1 car).
No it's not just you... I'm a little confused too.

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Sebp wrote:Found another pic of that scary thing Ciro posted:

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It's dubbed the "Eagle Aircraft" according to the sources that some googling provided me with.
who said the current f1 cars have long wheelbases?
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There was a quote about the 4wd Cosworth. The test driver that day was given a glass of red wine before the test, the "Red Infuriator" it was called, so he could deal with the undrivable beast
Before I do anything I ask myself “Would an idiot do that?” And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing. - Dwight Schrute

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The thread has been simplified to encompass all types of 'bad' :)
My go:
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I could never get into this latest F1 incarnation of extra wide front wings with their extra long attachment arms, and the petite rear wing. Now that we have high-degradation tyres, DRS and KERS, can't we restore a little aesthetic appeal??
Box! Box!

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when the word crapwagon is penned for you, Well Dullarra i mean Dallra is the winner hands downImage

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Since the topic has gone far beyond F1 let's not forget one of the most recent unfortunate looking things with 4 wheels the Panoz AbruzziImage
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Getting back to F1 and contemporary times, this must surely be the ugliest F1 car currently on the grid. The livery is not that bad, but the lines of the front of this car are just awful.
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cossie wrote:when the word crapwagon is penned for you, Well Dullarra i mean Dallra is the winner hands downImage
I have that set as my desktop background :lol:

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I don't know, that arrow shaped thing kind of reminds of the cartoons I used to watch as a kid in the eighties. Just can't put my finger on it. Was it Transformers, M.A.S.K. - dunno.

Or this:
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1989 Batmobile

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How could I forget about this Chaparral 2J...

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No, it's a racing car, honestly. Not a fridge nor a washing machine.

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Sebp, you have to admit that arrow shape thing does look good though, even if it seems to indicate they will soon show IndyCar on the Sci-Fi channel.