Formula one observers this week got a clearer glimpse of the appearance of next year's cars.Earlier this year, eyebrows were raised when Williams became the first team to test a rear wing designed to the specifications of the radically different 2009 aerodynamic regulations.The thin and high wing returned to the track this week, when the 23-year-old British driver Jonathan Kennard made his F1 test debut with the Grove based team at the Kemble airfield.The car featured not only the radical rear wing, but a 2009-specification front wing, which according to the regulations is bigger and wider.The modified FW30 will be tested properly and publicly at Barcelona next week.

Elsewhere, at Ferrari's private test circuit Fiorano, Luca Badoer got down to work in the Italian team's interim car F2008K. The machine does not yet feature the 2009 wings, but it is equipped to carry extra ballast to simulate a KERS system, and at Fiorano it is reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport that some of the components for the energy-recovery technology are already aboard the F2008K.Ferrari's KERS system will be located near the floor in the middle of the chassis.Badoer's car has also been stripped of all the extra bodywork appendages, like flip-ups and winglets, which are not allowed next year.

In other news related to KERS:Teams are looking outside of the paddock for assistance with the looming KERS era.

It emerged this week that McLaren intends to collaborate with Freescale Semiconductor, a Motorola spinoff, from F1's second year of the energy-recovery technology in 2010.
At the same time, it was being reported in Auto Motor und Sport that Bosch, a major German technology company, is working on an electronic KERS system for deployment in the sport.A spokesman confirmed that discussions with teams from various racing series are taking place.Back in April, Williams purchased a stake in Automotive Hybrid Power to assist with its 2009 KERS programme and brought the firm in-house.

Meanwhile, it is believed that the Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli is working with F1 teams including Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull and Toro Rosso on KERS.

These developments coincided with Ferrari President and FOTA Chairman Luca di Montezemolo's renewed criticism of the deployment of KERS in Formula One for 2009."The future looks very complicated with these new regulations," he is quoted as saying by The Telegraph.The Italian said the costs related to KERS development are 'prohibitive', and insisted that the technology will not flow directly into the road car industry.

ps- sorry for the tiny pics its all I could find

E.A, Source: GMM
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Is that a Techart wing?

 

Can't wait to see the cars.

Love the look of the older F1 cars.

 

So they got rid of the little winglets and made the rear wing skinnier? Fair enough. Should be a great upcoming season!