FIA to push for less ugly cars in 2013

Charlie Whiting has vowed to do what he can to ensure next year’s cars are not as ’ugly’ as the 2012 generation.

"It’s an ugly regulation," said Red Bull’s Mark Webber, referring to the compromise reached between the FIA’s push for lower nose heights, and the teams wanting to keep the old monocoque dimensions.

It has meant every 2012 machine, with the notable exception of the McLaren, has a conspicuous ’duck head’-style bump in the middle of the front of the car.

"We only got a sense of what was coming in December," Whiting is quoted by Brazil’s O Estado de S.Paulo, "when it was too late."

The Briton said the new rule for 2013 would have to be agreed by the end of June.

"I promise to do everything I can so that the representatives of the teams agree to a change," said Whiting.