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[Jensonb]

The tests are how the FIA decide if it's legal or not, they can change the tests if they want, but if the car passes the tests it gets to go.

There is a rule stating how much the wing can flex. If it - ever - flexes more than that under racing conditions, it is illegal, whether the test showed it or not.

[vaptin]

The tests are how the FIA decide if it's legal or not, they can change the tests if they want, but if the car passes the tests it gets to go.

There is a rule stating how much the wing can flex. If it - ever - flexes more than that under racing conditions, it is illegal, whether the test showed it or not.

Yesss, but the test is how they work out if it does so or not. . .

Their perfectly entitled to introduce new, more stringent tests, which is what they have done, no argument there.

[myownalias]

The tests are how the FIA decide if it's legal or not, they can change the tests if they want, but if the car passes the tests it gets to go.

There is a rule stating how much the wing can flex. If it - ever - flexes more than that under racing conditions, it is illegal, whether the test showed it or not.

I have just looked at the FIA technical regulations and it makes no mention to "under racing conditions"; as long as it passes the static tests it is deemed legal!

2.6 Measurements :
All measurements must be made while the car is stationary on a flat horizontal surface.

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.ns ... 6-2010.pdf

[What's Burning?]

Interesting, hence coming up with a very specific static test.

[nish2280]

The tests are how the FIA decide if it's legal or not, they can change the tests if they want, but if the car passes the tests it gets to go.

There is a rule stating how much the wing can flex. If it - ever - flexes more than that under racing conditions, it is illegal, whether the test showed it or not.

Yes but you have no proof that the wing was actually flexing, the car was under breaking and there are various things that can cause a wing to shake about. In the redbull flexi wing thread we have pretty much confirmed that the wing is not flexing, rather the front ride height is being altered through aerodynamic load. Unfortunately we dont have any aerodynamic experts to actually tell us what is happening in the video of Vettel's crash with Button but we can be certain that the wing itself is not flexing.

[shani182]

Vettel.




It's absolute the amount of cars he has rammed himself into.


I'm only p i s s e d off because he took out Button...

[The Immortal Dragon]

It's absolute the amount of cars he has rammed himself into.

er.. 2?

[shani182]

It's absolute the amount of cars he has rammed himself into.

er.. 2?

...and come close to ramming into

[The Immortal Dragon]

It's absolute the amount of cars he has rammed himself into.

er.. 2?

...and come close to ramming into

Eheh

[nish2280]

It's absolute the amount of cars he has rammed himself into.

er.. 2?

...and come close to ramming into

That could apply to every single racing driver that has ever existed.

[vaptin]

Rammed into Sutil I think in Silverstone, got away with it though.