It's fucking ugly, mate. There's plenty of aero cars around that don't look shit.
The One:1 is an example, it has fucktons of downforce and yet because it has a sledgehammer of an engine it can still do 440km/h, and it still manages to look great, not like an F1LMP with down syndrome.
That's the thing, it doesn't produce anywhere near the downforce that should be produced by the 001.
And yes the One:1 looks great but it's very conventional, and does not take advantage of ground effects like the 001 should.
I say should because everything is still up in the air, but it's not unlikely that the 001 will be light years faster than most everything, including many types of racecars, around a track.
It can't produce that much more downforce than the One:1, though, because it'll start snapping suspension parts at high speed bumps. The only real advantage it'll have is much less drag, but if they're only aiming for 900hp or so it won't really have any legs above 400km/h.
Because it's a road car, it won't be able to take full advantage of the ground effect like old school F1 did where they'd kick sparks when approaching top speed, reducing efficiency even more.
Honestly i don't see it being all that much faster than the One:1, although even if it's only a little quicker that would make it the fastest road legal car.
Just because it's not what you're used to, doesn't make it ugly. Except if you're a short minded conservatist.
Seriously though, it looks like a well sculpted open wheel race car. Stunning. All of my money.
I think that's conservative but fair. We'll just have to see.
It'll be an interesting development either way, but I think with the way this is designed, we'll see some pretty ridiculous times. Something like sub-1:58 around Spa.
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Two totally different approaches here dude.
All the Koenigseggs effectively follow the same concept aero-wise; that it's easier to push for top speed by sending air around the car. The recent ones have the most air going under the car, getting a bit more volume flowing under the floor and diffuser, but still it's kept to a relative minimum because it's always more draggy. Think nascar floors, same kinda idea of managing airflow under the car going for high speed.
This thing's completely different, akin to an open wheeler or LMP1. Get as much air through the front and available for the leading edge of the floor/tunnel/s as possible. Full width multi-element front wing hung under a high nose with endplates and vortex generators? fucking check. Then they have to deal with that airflow like in F1 and LMP, they have bargeboards and a vertical 'ships bow' to get air between the wheels to go either side of the body. Then the leading edge of the floor has this massive volume of air to pull from - meaning less fucked up flow / higher air quality - and accelerates that RIGHT UNDER THE CENTER OF MASS for downforce at the most balanced point and out the rear end.
Now let's be honest here - the Aston is going to carry more drag. Because it's always harder to push air through a system than move it around a smooth shape. And it has less power. So why even bother going for 400kph? Just gear i for 360 or something and be done with it, no other car is going to touch it around a corner anyway, and if it gets onto the straight 50kph faster and with the engine already at full power, then it can cover anything off there too.
It looks like a Hot Wheels
continuing...
Only interesting thing is going to be how they manage temperature. Couple of tiny little intakes ahead of the rear wheel? Not great, airflow coming in could be iffy considering its position, and where is it going to exhaust that hot air? wheel wells are usually high-pressure, so maybe not there....
Engine intakes and other cooling - knowing Newey he's probably seen the Listers and stuck them in the sidepods above the floor and figured he can get away with it by feeding so much air under the front bodywork. If there's more radiators there, where to send their hot air?
Also could be funny to see this thing get the nose off the ground at high speed. Taller glasshouse than Group C and better airflow from under the front out the sides mean it shouldn't Mercedes it into the nearest forest. Should. Also, the higher leading edge of the floor might save it as well, if enough air can get through there and provide high pressure that far back, it might lift the ass enough to level the car out some.
Or I could be wrong and Ricciardo's Aston becomes the new Webber Mercedes.
It looks like either end could be the front.
>tfw no space pig