214270 wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 11:42
It’s the side impact structure with some bodywork around it, not a wing. Wouldn’t that be the Merc interpretation?
This. Apart from it not even having a wing-like trailing edge on the inside of the element I doubt the element itself is the most ideal shape.
And as for the vertical elements; everyone does something similar that is clearly beyond just providing a structural connection, and iic Alpha Tauri does something very similar to Mercedes without raising eyebrows. So the complaints doesn't hold much merit.
And even if it does, they got the green light for the FIA, threw development time and funds at it, I sincerely doubt the FIA is going to back down on its words