Brawn defends new-look 2009 cars

Williams ran one of the smaller and higher rear wings during testing at Jerez in Spain last week as part of their evaluation of a 2009 rear end.

And although the new-look wing caused a few raised eyebrows in the paddock and among fans who saw photographs, Brawn believes that it will not take long for the sport to accept how 2009 F1 cars look.

"They don't look bad to me, you get used to them," said Brawn when asked if he felt next year's generation of cars would not be as good looking at this year's models.

"It is like when we had narrow tyres and grooved tyres, they looked weird when they started but then you adjust. So it is a bit difficult for me to comment completely.

"I think they look okay - and they look in many ways nicer because the bodywork doesn't have all this furniture, the vortex generators, fins and wings. The bodywork is relatively clean. It is a much bigger front wing and smaller higher rear wing, but we have had things like that in the past."

Brawn said, however, that it would be up to individuals to judge for themselves whether the new-look cars are 'better'. He said that the recent preview feature in Autosport about the 2009 regulations gave a pretty accurate glimpse of what the cars would be like.

"I don't think that graphic that Autosport did was so far off," said Brawn. "You could judge from that if you like it or not. It is a matter of taste."