- 29 Oct 11, 14:55#281772
Ah, a picture if the great'Smokey Yunick'. A smart( and more cunning) man that ever worked with racecars....
If I were race director:
I would be indeed intrigued how the RB7 did that. But passing the tests, I would have to be satisfied that it complied....you must adhere to due process in these cases, and remain impartial. The cars are scutineered and tested in very specific ways. I don't believe that the FIA can just pull a car to bits on suspicion.
Initially i would be reluctant to create a more stringent test, based on one particular car, as that is not fair. You can't really act quickly unless another team, or teams, lodge a protest. Even then, the protester must be specific in what they are protesting about, and what part is in breach contrary to the rules, bearing in mind that it passed scrutineering beforehand.
Only then, could you legally be allowed to disassemble the offending part, and ask for specific questions, but you can't ask "how do you beat the test?". You can only examine what is physically in front of you. If still found legal, but thought to be potentially in contravention of the rules, then, you have grounds to implement a tougher test. The problem is that as a scrutineer, you don't really know how the team work around the test, which means you don't know how to change the test to stop it happening......
... Until Scarbs blew it open!
If I were race director:
I would be indeed intrigued how the RB7 did that. But passing the tests, I would have to be satisfied that it complied....you must adhere to due process in these cases, and remain impartial. The cars are scutineered and tested in very specific ways. I don't believe that the FIA can just pull a car to bits on suspicion.
Initially i would be reluctant to create a more stringent test, based on one particular car, as that is not fair. You can't really act quickly unless another team, or teams, lodge a protest. Even then, the protester must be specific in what they are protesting about, and what part is in breach contrary to the rules, bearing in mind that it passed scrutineering beforehand.
Only then, could you legally be allowed to disassemble the offending part, and ask for specific questions, but you can't ask "how do you beat the test?". You can only examine what is physically in front of you. If still found legal, but thought to be potentially in contravention of the rules, then, you have grounds to implement a tougher test. The problem is that as a scrutineer, you don't really know how the team work around the test, which means you don't know how to change the test to stop it happening......
... Until Scarbs blew it open!
