Check Out the New F1 2019 Style Front Wings!

[Paul Jeffrey]

Formula One mid season testing gave us the first chance to check out the proposed 2019 style front wings... and damn they look big!

Teams and drivers have been busy testing over in Budapest recently, the first and only mid season testing of the year, and with it some teams took the opportunity to try out the new for 2019 front wing regulations... bolting on the bigger, wider, deeper and less complex designs as they attempt to correlate data from the wind tunnel out on circuit.

The new regulations, born of a desire to help drivers follow the car in front more closely, and thus aid overtaking, means that Formula One 2019 style is going to be a significantly different look affair than is the case this year, harking back somewhat to earlier times and removing much of the complexity of current aerodynamic trends.

With bigger and more robust looking front wings, potentially a move to much larger wheels and a general reduction in overall aerodynamics going forward, Formula One is very much heading into a period of change over the next few years, once again significantly altering the look of modern day Grand Prix racing cars...

Do you thing these proposed designs look good? Let us know in the comments section below!

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 What do you think of the first look of the new 2019 regulation front wings? Let us know in the comments section below!​

 

[NtsParadize]

Too wide

 

[RufGTI]

As long as they result in less dirty air I'm fine with them.

 

[Jan Larsen]

Pro: Simpler, the current ones were getting out of hand.

Cons: much too wide for racing close and also disproportionate to the rear wing.

 

[dcollins22585]

Why do sanctioning bodies think more aero is the answer? It never is!!!

 

[Emerson Meyer]

Just awful...anyway, it's hard to get any better looking with that atrocious halo.

 

[bgil66]

Oh god it looks like a Schicks Hydro 5 Blade

 

[John Fuqua]

Terrible, along with the stupid idea for maybe bigger wheels, the halo is idiotic too, this series just keeps getting worse as the years go by

 

[Ricoow]

Can't we just go back to the cars of 2000-ish?

 

[tlsmikey]

Yeah, too wide and likely to see more contact that causes DNF's. Hopefully, they do allow more passing though.

 

[amarbelt]

Oh no, the snowplow is back!

 

[boomn]

Pro: Simpler, the current ones were getting out of hand.

Cons: much too wide for racing close and also disproportionate to the rear wing.

The rear wing will also be 10cm wider in 2019, but still won't be enough for good proportions

 

[TrumpetReich]

So basically the 08>09 change is back..

 

[Jack Fulcher]

Why do sanctioning bodies think more aero is the answer? It never is!!!

This is literally the opposite of what they're doing. They're simplifying front wings to aid overtaking, not adding more downforce.

 

[Patrik Marek]

it does look funny when front wing is so much bigger/wider then rear wing,
with so many "levels" , I wouldnt' call it simplyfied

2007 seems to be the one to go for!

 

[F1Aussie]

I like it

 

[wombat999]

I hate it!

 

[DaVeX↯]

I don't care!

 

[Jordan Dion]

UGLYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[Isaac Chavira]

I see a lot more people getting spun out and hooked together in corners.