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[vlad]

I know that you're just saying that, and don't mean it... Deep inside you know this is Vettel's season.

[spankyham]

Reports about how Ferrari have brought to the FiA attentions that McLaren and Red Bull may have "rotating" front wings. Apparently McLaren have been using it for a while, while Red Bull seemed to have copied and used it (for the first time) in Singapore.

>>Here<< is the link to the first story I read on this.

But >>here<< is the originating story.

Some Images...

[Hammer278]

Looks like the Scuderia whining has begun to try and stifle the Redbull and McLaren charge.

[Jabberwocky]

I can not see the links as work has blocked them. which way are the wings supposed to twist? is it to reduce drag/downforce?

[andrew]

Ferrari whinging about their competitors? Never heard of that before.
























Oh wait.....

[spankyham]

More now from Autosport ......

 wrote:">McLaren downplays potential FIA flexi wing clampdown

McLaren has downplayed suggestions that its bid to win the world championship could be hit by a potential new FIA clampdown on flexi wings.

A report in respected German magazine Auto Motor Und Sport said that the FIA was set to investigate the designs of both the McLaren and Red Bull cars amid suggestions they were cleverly getting the front wings to rotate at high speed.



This would deliver a straight-line speed boost - and could potentially explain why the outfits were so dominant on the streets of Singapore a fortnight ago.

However, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has denied talk that his outfit has had any dialogue with the FIA over the matter, and says there have been no indications any modifications need to be made to its cars.

"There have been no specific conversations to my knowledge," he said, when asked by AUTOSPORT in the pre-race Vodafone phone in media conderence if there had been talks with the FIA.

"That doesn't mean they haven't happened, but I think I would probably know," said Whitmarsh.

"I think the regulations require the wings to be rigid, but of course no wing or aerodynamic surface is infinitely rigid.

"From time to time questions and disputes arise between teams, who feel that other teams are too flexible or whatever. I don't envisage any particular problems for McLaren in that regard, and consequently I don't think that it is anything that will harm us."

Whitmarsh said it was essential that the FIA kept close tabs on front wing developments to ensure there was no repeat of the flexi wing controversies that have dogged the sport in recent years.

"I think the FIA technical department have to remain vigilant and be testing front wings, rear wings, and attachment systems all the time - to make sure that not only do they comply with the testing requirements of the regulations, but that the teams don't find other ingenious or creative ways to circumvent the intentions of the regulations," he said.

"From time to time many teams get spoken to by the FIA and are expected to correct a situation. But we're not in such a situation ourselves and I'm not aware, and I don't believe, that it is going to be an issue that will affect the championship."

[spankyham]

I can not see the links as work has blocked them. which way are the wings supposed to twist? is it to reduce drag/downforce?

As I understand it, as the load increases to high level, the outsides of the wings tilt backwards thus reducing drag and providing higher speeds.

[vlad]

Oh, Ferrari, would you fu**ing stop already?! Don't you know any limits? This sport is getting so messed up with your constant complaining, come one!!! Damn, why don't they create something, for a change?

[1Lemon]

Oh, Ferrari, would you fu**ing stop already?! Don't you know any limits? This sport is getting so messed up with your constant complaining, come one!!! Damn, why don't they create something, for a change?

[What's Burning?]

In Ferrari's defense, they have created something... a reliable car.

[f1ea]

Ferrari whinging about their competitors? Never heard of that before.

Last yr Mclaren were all over RBull. The yr before everyone at Ferrari for having Massa letting Alonso by. The yr before, everyone against Brawn and their diffuser........ etc etc etc and on and on and on.

Basically... everyone will cry.
Its all a matter of whose cries you sympathize with.

[vaptin]

The rules do need to be enforced.

[andrew]

Why is it always Ferrari? Surely they should be applauding innovation and try and emulate it rather than emply underhand run to teacher tatics to "win" the championship.

[vaptin]

Why is it always Ferrari? Surely they should be applauding innovation and try and emulate it rather than emply underhand run to teacher tatics to "win" the championship.

It isn't always Ferrari they are just the ones to get noticed. Innovation has to be within the rules, or it's the equivalent of doping.

[andrew]

Why is it always Ferrari? Surely they should be applauding innovation and try and emulate it rather than emply underhand run to teacher tatics to "win" the championship.

It isn't always Ferrari they are just the ones to get noticed. Innovation has to be within the rules, or it's the equivalent of doping.

Ferrari have never broken the rules have they?