Who will not run shark fin engine cover by the end 2008 season ?

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1. daniel

   - 9th Jul, 08 03:07pm

   wolf, youve done it again, nice post and collection!
   already before the real shark fin on mclaren i noticed that their engine cover was a half way shark fin, and a lot bigger than ferrari and the others.
   now it gets really exciting to see about ferrari, guess they are working mad in the factory to find out if they should make the move as well

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2. daniel

   - 9th Jul, 08 04:07pm

   erm.. me again, just forgott to add, my guess for the next team to introduce the shark fin; williams. theyve tried something similar recently; http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67412
   and they need to try everyting they can to find some more speed in their cars..

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3. F1Wolf (author comment)

   - 9th Jul, 08 11:07pm

   As you said in your first comment, I am waiting for Ferrari to come with their version

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4. cd

   - 10th Jul, 08 03:07am

   Wow, who’s left? All the followers are gone. It’s gotta be either Honda or Toyota. Probably Toyota — they’re the type.

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   • F1Wolf (author comment)

     - 10th Jul, 08 08:07pm

     well it is Toyota and it took only 2 days for them to become the “next” to use this thing now called anvil wing …

     http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69015

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5. Black Zedd

   - 10th Jul, 08 04:07pm

   Interesting sights. I wonder if the later teams only discovered their use when the pioneering team introduced them. It seems signature body-parts just need some time before becoming a standard practice..

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6. Stew

   - 10th Jul, 08 10:07pm

   It’s a virus i say, a virus!

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7. Kotenok

   - 11th Jul, 08 01:07am

   Well, in the pre-season I heard from some experts and even team chiefs saying that this aero design won’t be ever applied to the largest teams which actually own better development and large investment in aerodynamics, so they have pretty good alternatives to the vertical wings and these shark fins. So they shouldn’t just copy the design (which I think it is pretty foolish).

   At the end we see it appearing everywhere like a growing mushroom in autumn season, and well, I guess majority of those experts were really wrong about their comments!! After all it works. I doubt Ferrari can come with it out, but the search of performance can move them into it.

   Here the main motto is: “copy and win time with it”.

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8. zblkhwk

   - 11th Jul, 08 10:07am

   I find it interesting that the two teams with the top wind tunnel and aero labs in Ferrari and BMW Sauber do not have the fin yet. Yet all these teams that try it, keep it.

   If McLaren uses it in Germany, how can Ferrari not follow suit.

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