[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 104: The Power Of F1

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Lotus and Red Bull are keen to get a final ruling on the legality of DRS-activated f-ducts ahead of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, amid the ongoing row over the Mercedes design.

Both teams met with the FIA's Charlie Whiting over the Australian GP weekend to express their belief that the concept used on the Mercedes rear wing is in breach of regulations that prevent driver-activated aerodynamic devices.

The Mercedes design features a hole on the inside of the rear wing endplate, which is covered when the DRS is not in use but uncovered when the DRS wing lifts up.

It is understood that this hole ducts air all the way through to the front wing - where it escapes through slots in the underside to help stall it for a straight-line speed boost.

Both Lotus and Red Bull considered the possibility of a protest against the Mercedes in Australia, but elected against doing so for now because they preferred to try and sort the matter out behind closed doors.

Lotus team principal Eric Boullier said though that the next few days would be key to trying to resolve the matter in an amicable way.

"We are still talking with Charlie," Boullier told AUTOSPORT. "Of course we did not do anything here [in Australia], but we just want to have a fair understanding.

"It would have been the wrong thing to spoil the race result to be honest, so the plan is to wait for next week. Let's see what happens."

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner added: "I think that there are different interpretations of the rear wing of the Mercedes. We have had some discussions with Charlie, and we chose not to protest it this weekend.

"There were other teams who were perhaps even more animated than we were, but I think it is something that we just want clarity on because one could argue that it is a switch that is affected by the driver.

"The driver hits the button and it uncovers the hole - so therefore it is driver activated, which would not be in compliance with the regulations. I think there will be a whole load of debate about it during the next five days."

Horner said that if the FIA stands firm in its belief the system is legal, then it would likely lead to teams needing to embark on a costly development push to introduce their own versions.

"It is a clever system and hats off to them for doing it, but the most important thing for us is - is it OK?" he said.

"The frustrating thing with all these systems is that it will undoubtedly be banned for next year, but in the meantime are we all going to go off and chase the idea.

"Inevitably there would be a considerable amount of cost involved. It would be a development that the front teams would look at, but it might be something that is prohibitively expensive for the smaller teams."

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Jenson Button heeft Sebastian Vettel tussen de interviews in Melbourne door laten weten dat hij hoopt dat de Red Bull-coureur zijn overwinningsteken dit seizoen geen enkele keer maakt. "Ik kan die kromme vinger van jou echt niet meer zien", zo zei de Engelse winnaar van de F1 grand prix in Australië tegen de Duitse wereldkampioen.

"Hoe toon jij je vreugde dan?", kaatste Vettel volgens het Duitse Bild de bal terug naar Button. Waarop de McLaren-coureur de letter W voor 'winnaar' vormde met zijn vingers.
Als Vettel wint, steekt hij standaard zijn rechter wijsvinger in de lucht. Afgelopen seizoen gebeurde dat liefst elf keer. Button: "Als dat ding nou een beetje recht was, was het nog tot daar aan toe. Maar hij is compleet krom." Hetgeen volgens Vettel komt door een crash in 2006, waarbij hij hem brak. Vettel: "Hij is daarna gewoon scheef aan elkaar gezet."
"Helaas weet ik zeker dat we die kromme vinger dit jaar een paar keer zullen zien", was de Engelsman in Melbourne echter wel realistisch. Button: "Maar we zullen er alles aan doen dat zoveel mogelijk te verhinderen."

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 13:37 schreef nils7 het volgende:
Tiger Jenson:

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http://www.telegraaf.nl/t(...)ettels_vinger__.html

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 13:49 schreef Meike26 het volgende:

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Dit bericht komt nogal over alsof Button dit heeft gezegd met een ondertoon, maar zover ik weet kunnen die 2 gasten het heel goed met elkaar vinden en zitten ze elkaar steeds te dollen en is het gewoon meer als geintje bedoelt, toch ?

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 13:49 schreef Meike26 het volgende:

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Dit bericht komt nogal over alsof Button dit heeft gezegd met een ondertoon, maar zover ik weet kunnen die 2 gasten het heel goed met elkaar vinden en zitten ze elkaar steeds te dollen en is het gewoon meer als geintje bedoelt, toch ?

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 13:49 schreef Meike26 het volgende:

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Dit bericht komt nogal over alsof Button dit heeft gezegd met een ondertoon, maar zover ik weet kunnen die 2 gasten het heel goed met elkaar vinden en zitten ze elkaar steeds te dollen en is het gewoon meer als geintje bedoelt, toch ?

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 13:54 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:

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het was ook als grapje bedoelt, hij zei het na de race ook nog een keer bij een interview.. volgens mij bbc maar dat weet ik niet meer zeker

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 18:24 schreef Stiggie het volgende:
Nice weersvoorspelling op formula1.com ... vrijdag regen zaterdag regen zondag regen! BAM

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 19:34 schreef kepler het volgende:

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Het regent daar (bijna) altijd in de middag

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 19:43 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Nou nee, eigenlijk alleen in de namiddag/vroege avond.

Ik hoop dat het afgelast wordt door wederom een stortbui, misschien ziet Bernie dan eindelijk in dat dit een belachelijk tijd is voor een F1 race en er volgend jaar gewoon weer om 2 uur plaatselijke tijd gestart wordt.

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 21:02 schreef Stiggie het volgende:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.u(...)t-wing-hidden-spin/?

Michael Schumacher Crash-Practice 3 Melbourne 2012

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Felipe Massa will be given a new chassis for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix as his Ferrari team bids to get to the bottom of his troubles in Australia.

The Brazilian had a disappointing weekend in Melbourne - being comprehensively outqualified by team-mate Fernando Alonso and enduring an incident-filled race before his retirement.

Although the team continues to have faith that Massa can turn his situation around, the outfit has elected to change his chassis with immediate effect – so for this weekend in Sepang he will race with chassis number 294 - to see if it was a factor in his performance.

A statement on the team's website said: "This choice was taken to clear up any doubts about the unusual performance of his car during the weekend at Albert Park."

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Op maandag 19 maart 2012 21:43 schreef Dside het volgende:

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hehe, doet hij goed

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Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn hits out at rival teams' exhaust designs
By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 10:23 GMT

Ross Brawn has taken a swipe at the exhaust designs of some rival teams, suggesting they have not been created in the way the rules intended.

Amid an ongoing row over the design of a DRS-activated F-duct on Brawn's own Mercedes car, the team principal thinks that it is wrong that his team is being singled out for technical scrutiny.

"Every year that I can remember, there is debate and argument," said Brawn about his car being at the centre of paddock gossip in Australia. "And probably, to be honest, what we have done is taken the spotlight off the exhaust systems that people are running because they are nowhere near what was intended by the FIA.

"The FIA probably told you all that we were not going to have exhaust blown diffusers any more. We thought we were not going to have them. But several cars have got them.

"Our wing system has probably taken the spotlight off something that was clearly never intended.

"F1 is very competitive, the people involved in it are extremely competitive, and it is the nature of F1. You have to work to written regulations and, if somebody can see a clever interpretation, then that is the nature of this business."

Although Brawn still faces the risk of a rival team protesting the legality of the rear wing design on his car, he has ruled out lodging a similar complaint against the exhaust designs elsewhere.

"We have already been through the FIA and challenged the FIA to its interpretation," he said. "They told us that they are comfortable with what has happened, so we respect that.

"We are now looking at the systems people are using to see if we feel that they could be a benefit to us. I suspect they will disappear next year."

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And probably, to be honest, what we have done is taken the spotlight off the exhaust systems that people are running because they are nowhere near what was intended by the FIA.

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Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 18:28 schreef k_man het volgende:

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Want?

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Om dan te gaan zitten zeiken dat een paar teams hun uitlaat ergens anders laten eindigen dan wat de FIA toestaat terwijl dit helemaal niet gebeurd is best zielig.