- 23 Mar 17, 11:54#442201
to which some teams go to circumvent rules is stupefying:
ESPNF1:
Another issue of intrigue raised over the winter was around teams burning oil as fuel, after Red Bull asked for clarification due to suspicions of Mercedes doing so to boost qualifying performances. Whiting revealed this is also an area the FIA is keeping a close eye on.
"We are certainly monitoring it. We did quite a lot of work on it in Barcelona. We are going to inspect all the oil systems here and we are going to randomly check oil consumption to make sure that it is not being used as fuel."
ESPNF1:
Another issue of intrigue raised over the winter was around teams burning oil as fuel, after Red Bull asked for clarification due to suspicions of Mercedes doing so to boost qualifying performances. Whiting revealed this is also an area the FIA is keeping a close eye on.
"We are certainly monitoring it. We did quite a lot of work on it in Barcelona. We are going to inspect all the oil systems here and we are going to randomly check oil consumption to make sure that it is not being used as fuel."
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.