Hamilton questions RBR front wing

**Rob** · 7th April 2011, 20:23

Originally Posted by Tifosi

The pics that were floating around last week sure looked like the nose was bending to me - not the whole monocoque raking forward. Am I missing something here or is Horner saying those pics are faked?

Everyone can see that ruddy wing bend, next he be saying that they have been photo shopped.

Think if RBR were (are) running with hight front rake, alot more engineers and journalists, i.e Gary Anderson in Autosport, would of picked that up right away.

**Grillo** · 7th April 2011, 20:38

Horner knows that the flexi wing is a basic concept that makes RB7 so much faster on a flying lap. He wants everybody to stop talking about that because he fears they would go nowhere if they lose that big advantage in Q3.

One thing I don't understand is why Ferreri's wing was flexing a little bit last year and now it doesn't. Why didn't McLaren and Ferrari told the FIA to ban them for 2011 or copy it.

**grinchy** · 7th April 2011, 20:42

Question : Did anyone see Webbers front wing flex? Only seen pics of Vettel.Maybe thats why M W. was of the pace?

**modza** · 7th April 2011, 21:27

to me ,, it's imposable to make flexing front nose and still pass FIA sever crash tests.

**giodap** · 7th April 2011, 21:45

rip that wing off the F10 and get it to malaysia for saturday asap, anythings better than melbourne 2 weeks ago! in my opinion, i cant see any major improvements untill barcelona. i think untill then, it will be damage limitation for us...

**Hornet** · 8th April 2011, 04:58

Originally Posted by modza

to me ,, it's imposable to make flexing front nose and still pass FIA sever crash tests.

Why not. The nose cone is a collapsible structure meant to slow down the deceleration. It is the monocoque that needs to withstand any impact without breaking.

You can easily flex the cone at the joints too.