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F1 testing: Honda adjusts elephant ears, Williams debuts shark-fin engine cover


Technical notes from the Paul Ricard circuit

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Honda’s biggest aero tweak for the current French F1 test session is this pair of developed elephant ears - or rabbit ears, if you prefer - on the car’s nose cone. The struggling team has fixed endplates to the ears, in a bid to improve downforce ahead of this month’s Monaco GP - the famous Monte Carlo street circuit is a high-downforce track, y’see.

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Posted: May 14th, 2008 by Ollie Irish