by waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:57 am
As usual, I'm with Jenny.
I remember how people reacted to the 6 wheel Tyrrell, March and Williams cars, And how all that was countered by remembering the Auto Union from the 1930's. This Delta Wing design has roots in Formula One, GT, and LMP cars. Its hard to remember it sometimes, but everything is an evolved form of something before.
But they are going to have to get serious about a dependable engine. The Elan engine (also made by one of Panoz companies), was 1.9L (120 cubic inches), and the previous engine was a Nissan at 1.6L (92c.i.), both were high revving lightweight turbocharged engines. Both delivered more than enough power for the weight they made in the car. The smaller of the two was more successful, so I suspect that the teething problems with new design suspension are done, they just plain blew an engine. I'm going to be watching this thing very carefully this season.