2015 F1 testing to be confined to Europe / Nose Jobs

[Andy_Bangle]

More changes for 2015:

 

From Eurosport Asia:

Formula One teams have agreed that testing will be confined to Europe next year, after two in Bahrain before the start of this season, as part of newly agreed cost saving measures.

"We spent quite a while talking about things and so on and we've agreed a couple of things next year which will save money," Red Bull principal Christian Horner told reporters at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday.

"Testing is reduced. Testing will be in Europe rather than overseas, wind tunnel time and CFD (computation fluid dynamics) ratios have been further reduced." he said.

Most of the pre-season testing is likely to take place in Spain next year, with the Barcelona and Jerez circuits the traditional venues. Horner said everything that was agreed in a Formula One Commission meeting on Wednesday had been done so unanimously.

Sauber principal Monisha Kaltenborn said the teams had not gone far enough, however. "We are clearly not there, where we should be and where we wanted to be," she said. "I also don't think we have achieved so far any measurable cost cutting."

 

 

 

No more ugly noses (on the cars): http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114548

 

Formula 1 chiefs have agreed to a change of technical regulations for next year in a bid to get rid of the current ugly noses.

A quirk of the rules this season aimed at lowering the tip of the noses resulted in some controversial designs.

But on the back of criticism from teams and fans about the look of the cars, the FIA has now agreed to revise the rules for 2015 to try to eradicate the issue.

From next year, the noses will need to taper more linearly from the low tip to the front of the chassis.

 

 

[Twinspark]

'The way the new rules are worded means teams will most likely opt for a solution similar to the current Ferrari.'

 

​Isn't that one of the oddest / ugliest of the lot?