Ferrari spend millions of euro's developing beautiful looking cars.

So why do they put the wheels off the 'Knight Rider' car on their F1 cars.

No wonder Raikonnen always looks like his dog has just got run over.

its all about the aerodynamics

it sucks the air from the brakes and feeds it under the body to allow the under floor dynamics to get more air / work more effectively

does it? its much more sophisticated than i though!

I thought it just stopped air from gathering in the wheel rim, a bit like a parachute effect

well they look cack, and they fall off, apparently.

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Originally posted by billynomates
well they look cack, and they fall off, apparently.

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One fell off in this race

^ a reanult one

Didn't know what you meant; are you talking about the rear wheel?

yes but they also now have one on the front wheel, but at the front it doesn't rotate



EDIT a bit more info here

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2007/778/444.html

[Edited on 22/7/2007 by I love speed :-P]