That may well be the intention. I would need to see photos of the nose structure on the first couple of production cars, as they were still sorting out details of those parts as they went into production. the definitive nose was fist fitted to 1004 or 1005 wasn't it?
GT40P/1/2299 - 2300 shows the fresh air duct on the side of the radiator support tubes that run down to the nose either side of the spare wheel.
These drawings/parts are slightly different from what was in the likes of GT103-GT109 & GT111 so i would postulate that the intention was to take the fresh air from either side of the radiator for the eye ball vents, rather than the latter NACA ducts on the nose.
Ryan