Stu wrote: ↑19 Apr 2022, 12:32
This is true. There was an instance a few years ago when Ferrari protested something, but obviously didn’t really understand what they were protesting as they went to FIA for approval on a new interpretation and were told “that is not legal, as a result of the clarification (TD) issued after your previous protest”.
I wonder what they protesters think Haas are running (I think that the protest process involves you telling the FIA which part should be investigated), a catch-all ‘something might be amiss here - please tell us what’ looks like a smoke-screen?
The instance from years ago was the understeer pedal on the McLaren which enabled the equivalent power vectoring functionality, Ferrari got it banned and then independently arrived at it and was told that their protesting got it banned.
That being said, this protest is pathetic especially coming from Otmar, who I just dislike.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 22ulo.html
For Szafnauer, pursuing a Mercedes aero philosophy was always the plan, given they used their engines and gearbox, when they had the funds available to make it happen. “We have been looking at that concept for a long time, mainly because we are constrained with the gearbox that we buy from Mercedes,” he says. “Mercedes have developed their gearbox casing to go along with that concept.
“We would buy that casing from them and use a totally different aero concept, which meant we are always compromised. So for a long time, we wanted to move to the Mercedes-type aerodynamic concept - not having a high rake, a lower rear end - but we just never had the financial resources to do it. We always had to carry things over.”
Maybe the ghost of Otmar's past should make a visit to the present Otmar to remind him what a hypocrite he is. Not only copying the concept costs money, which Haas clearly doesn't have and hasn't copied, but a lot of the concept is inherent in the packaging of the parts that you buy. What he's seeing is the salt of having a very competitive Ferrari engine. What a pathetic little person he is.