Red Bull, Mercedes and Lotus targeted by the FIA?
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The news for the moment remained concealed. No one has spoken yet, but the FIA scrutineers at Sepang three teams were summoned to intervene on their cars before the next Grand Prix of China, or they will be declared illegal: it's Red Bull Racing, Mercedes and Lotus. During scrutineering, the Grand Prix of Malaysia, the technicians of the International Federation have checked the T-Tray of the various machines, namely the splitter that is under the body and its "ties" to avoid the flexibility of the spoon and were no indications that at least they did discuss. And it is no coincidence that under observation are the first four cars of the league and the winner of the Malaysian Grand Prix of Australia ... RAKE STRUCTURE exasperated It has not escaped the men of Charlie Whiting in Australia that the machines of the top teams had a rake structure rather exasperated: that is to say that the front wing, when the car was moving was visimante lower, because the F.1 assumed a trim beaten, with the lower front and rear visibly higher. ALA LOW AND MORE ' LOAD WITH DIFFUSER The aerodynamic advantages are twofold: to have a front profile more grazing the land can increase the load and rebalance the car in the rear that, thanks to the "mini heat" which is active between the rear wheel and bulkhead of ' wing, exhaust blowers, can ensure a greater flow rate in the rear diffuser that can benefit from a higher venturi effect thanks in part to beat. VIEWFINDER'S 'THE T-TRAY This is possible because the splitter in the underbody, the lowest point of the car, deflects upward, avoiding the wooden shoe that is under the fund may consume too, crawling on the asphalt of the track, resulting in exclusion from the race (they are granted 2 mm wear). Charlie Whiting and Jo Bauer over time have changed the controls inspections: initially occurred only that the spoon does not flex seal down to the ground "beak". And then it was appeared different rods that later became the T-Tray, but in a second phase had to keep an eye on the deflection of the splitter, just to avoid the rake structure too pushed. PLATFORM MULTI FUNCTIONAL In box verification FIA is a multi-functional platform where the cars are brought to each GP for the controls. Formula 1 is positioned exactly with the wheels on the four scales. From the bottom of the template are made to protrude steel pins that are placed in correspondence of the fixing holes of the table. Due to the weight of the machine estimated at about 580 kg (rider + vehicle must be 642 kg) of the car "sits" on the reference plane. It is at this point that of a hydraulic strut is applied a load of 200 kg that raises the front splitter measuring the deformation with the sensors. THREE SEATER NOT IN RULE A SEPANG In Sepang well three cars would not be within the tolerances allowed by the rules and would were invited to put in place for the next Grand Prix which will be held in China. In essence, the FIA has summoned three teams that raced in Malaysia outside the rules, to be within the regulatory limits in order to avoid a disqualification in Shanghai. RED BULL, LOTUS AND MERCEDES IN SIGHT? course started the witch hunt for find out what the team involved: the list seems to be no Red Bull in Sepang that just struck twice with RB9, along with Lotus and Mercedes. This news is bound to create a fuss in the Circus: for some this will be a great shaking of Easter ...
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Originally Posted by mark p
Where is JEAN TODT????
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