Klien: New BMW is worst car ever

Eurosport - Wed, 19 Nov 18:08:00 2008

BMW-Sauber test driver Christian Klien said the interim Formula One car being tried out by the team in Spain this week was the ugliest he has seen.

FORMULA 1 Christian Klien - BMW Sauber testing 2008 Crash.net - 0

The German manufacturer on Monday ran two modified 2008 cars on slick tyres and with some of the bodywork conforming to the 2009 regulations, a high and narrow rear wing along with a wide and low front end.

Klien's car was also fitted with the new KERS - kinetic energy recovery system - device that is being introduced next year.

"To me, for the moment, it's the worst Formula One car I have ever seen. It just doesn't fit together," the Austrian told Autosport after the first day at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

"But we will get used to it. There will be a lot of modifications until the first race in March."

BMW-Sauber, who finished third overall this year, are due to launch their 2009 car in Valencia on January 20.

"It drives quite well, actually," said Klien of the hybrid version. "There are still quite a few improvements coming over the winter.

"Basically it's quite a lot less downforce but with the slick tyres it compensates quite a lot."

Klien said the rule changes would slow lap times and pose a new challenge for drivers.

"Even with these aerodynamics it's still not possible to drive right behind another car," he said. "We will see in the first few races.

"It's more of a problem to not knock off the front wing at the first corner."

Reuters

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  1. "F1Cheating- How It Works", a technology developed by McRipoff.

    From Rav A, on Wed 19 Nov 3:56AM

  2. New BMW"ugliest?" Doesn't that remind you of some car that was"uglier" before it was improved thanks to Ferrari dosuments?

    From Rav A, on Wed 19 Nov 3:51AM

  3. ok, 1. Goldie Looking Berg is right, nobody cares about whatever gibberish dude from peru posts, 2. if thats the new car for the future of f1, then all of the world of auto racing is outta whack, over here in america i see sprint cup cars that dont even look like cars, and now this pile of a car for f1 is introduced, what is this world coming to? anyone (except peru dude)?

    From bmasson10, on Wed 19 Nov 2:12AM

  4. As for the wings I LOVE 'em!! more room for sponsers. .. Leave the FIA alone! they can't help that they were bought and paid for years ago OK

    marnio from peru is neither marnio nor from peru but rather a tick.

    From F1 Kracker, on Wed 19 Nov 2:11AM

  5. only a face a mother can love....in our case bernice. no F1 wall papers on my desktop for the next season LOL

    From stagga, on Wed 19 Nov 1:22AM

  6. lol...i dont know how ppl like marino get to post their rubbish all the time and i keep gettin invalid comment

    From stagga, on Wed 19 Nov 1:19AM

  7. any f1 car is ugly

    what are you on about?

    From , on Wed 19 Nov 1:09AM

  8. Hahaha ginger_gitt!

    Great one! "Hey Max, where's that brothel you were telling me about?" That's so hilarious!!

    Well it's true the cars might look a bit funny, but I think it just needs getting used to. It's strange for now. Remember guys, F1 had been all about super strange shapes and cars till about the 1990s where the front wing rear wing rectangular shaped wings became standard. I think 2009 will be really fun to watch.

    At least when people clamp each other they will pay for it in proper fashion (Massa clipping Hamilton in Fuji, Hamilton and Webber in Monza, Raikkonen clipping Kovalailen in Turkey). They would have had their front wing broken had it been a 2009 wing, and stuff would have been very different.

    From KurtM, on Wed 19 Nov 12:16AM

  9. "we" is in invalid comment

    From paul t, on Tue 18 Nov 10:40PM

  10. These front wings will not make it into F1, Ferrari will phone up Max, and say, these wings are not working, w e will have the old ones back, and low and behold, a change to the rules?

    From paul t, on Tue 18 Nov 10:39PM

  11. These front wings will not make it into F1, Ferrari will phone up Max, and say, these wings are not working,

    From paul t, on Tue 18 Nov 10:38PM

  12. These front wings will not make it into F1, Ferrari will phone up Max,

    From paul t, on Tue 18 Nov 10:38PM

  13. These front wings will not make it into F1,

    From paul t, on Tue 18 Nov 10:37PM

  14. For the first time since the end of the season, NO ONE is talking about Lewis, Ferrari, Glock or the FIA. Except Ollieboyyyy from Peru. No one's interested Ollieboyyyy.

    From Goldie Looking Berg, on Tue 18 Nov 10:01PM

  15. seriously though does the guy with the vauxhall corsa know his front spoiler has been nicked by bmw?
    put some 18" rims a big bore pipe and phat sound system with a ps3 in there and it wouldnt look out of place around your local netto ghetto drive in

    From piers, on Tue 18 Nov 8:50PM

  16. austin metropolitan .......so there

    From piers, on Tue 18 Nov 8:48PM

  17. Hey Ollieboyyyy from Peru! Nice to see you're still copying and posting your old atricles to cause a stir! No one cares any more. 2008 is old hat.

    The BMW does look rather silly does it not guys?

    From Goldie Looking Berg, on Tue 18 Nov 7:50PM

  18. Marnio don't forget that even Paddington Bear left Peru to come to Britain

    From markrose260@..., on Tue 18 Nov 7:48PM

  19. By far this are the ugliest cars in F1..... Unbelivable how stupid FIA can be.....seriously considering to quit watching this

    From Rashko P, on Tue 18 Nov 7:13PM

  20. what the @#$% is that? was it after a weekend session on the hoy they came up with this?

    From craigyb, on Tue 18 Nov 7:07PM
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