Honey, I shrunk the wing!

Formula One teams have decided that if you cannot emblazon the name of a massive tobacco company on the back of your rear wing then there is no justification for it being quite so big. Actually, that is not quite true. The real reason for the drastic change, being sported by a Williams at testing in Jerez above, is to do with new regulations being brought in by the FIA for the 2009 season.

The reduction in wing size is one of a host of initiatives aimed at making overtaking easier for F1 drivers. The theory is that the smaller rear wing would allow drivers to get closer to the car in front without disadvantaging themselves. Nobody likes change and the new look has been criticised by F1 fans.