Either making room for forced induction, or just for better weight distribution. Our cars are nose heavy, and left-biased. Note that in the right-hand drive version, the engine bay looks the same, but in our cars the driver and 60 lb battery sit on the same side of the car. You can feel a difference on the autocross course between hard left turns and hard right turns.
A bit like flying a Sopwith Camel.
