2014 Formula 1 cars, ugliest yet?

[bridgiesimon]

Check out this lot -
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/index.php/id/3191

I have followed F1 for many years but canot remember ever seeing cars as evil to the eye as this lot, what do you think?

I will, however, accept the terrible looks if we have a superb season of close racing xcitemetn, especially if it results in a British champ!!

Simon

[Luke Piewalker]

Not as bad as the stepped nose. Although Ferrari seem determined to use the ruleset to build the ugliest car possible. Again...

[michael]

I didnt think the Ferrari and Sauber were to bad, certainly the most conventional looking ones. Just hope the Lotus dosnt have a head on collision with a Williams or a McLaren!

[Jack]

Bring back the six wheel f1 Tyrells' for a bit of class. 

[bridgiesimon]

Ah yes the unique 6 wheel tyrrell identucal to the one right behind it as Murray once said!!

Simon

[Luke Piewalker]

Having gone for the brutal 'step' on the nose of the previous cars, they seem to have gone for a similar approach on this one. Compared to the far more uniform curve on the McLaren.

[PLD]

Remember the 'Walrus Tusks' on the 2004 Williams? I thought that would never be beaten in the ugliness stakes...

Untill this year...  

[Luke Piewalker]

I dunno, some of those 1970s cars and later ground effect cars were pretty minging...

[Greybeema]

Definitely function over form.............

[Luke Piewalker]

I dunno, it's almost as if Ferrari were actively trying to make their ground effect cars ugly... Williams FW07 a much nicer looking car...
The Lotus... now THAT is hideous...

[ParkeNd]

They are a triumph of function over form. Now if Bang and Olufsen were designing them you could have form over function - they would look wonderful but get overtaken by all the ugly cars.

[Komata]

At the risk of being heretical, has anyone noticed that, in essence these cars are only 'ground-hugging' variants of the US Road-railer wagons?  If you use your imagination, remove the fiberglass 'bits' and have a VERY close look at the basic shape, you'll perhaps see what I mean

Thin spine, wheels (albeit only four, not bogies), a 'pan' for the engine,  and not much else. Because they are essentially of the same configuration (although a little higher) the 'Road-railers' come to mind...

Perhaps the designers are frustrated railway engineers?

(Steps back five paces, preparatory to 'hurried departure')