manchild wrote:
When it matters post-race checkups Ferrari wing didn’t pass any scrutiny dealing with flexibility except the scrutiny dealing with dimensions and position relative to the car (done after every race). Scrutinizing after the race isn’t including analysis if flexibility of wings is within allowed limits. That is why FIA actually never analyzed Ferrari’s wing or any other team wings. What ever they said it was just their opinion not announcement given after some detailed inspection of flexibility.
Such detailed inspections are only conducted after someone files an official protest and since that still didn’t h happen flexibility of Ferrari wings wasn’t officially tested by FIA. So, their current legality is based on personal opinion of certain FIA heads which is something many said they don’t like including me and that is politics. I’d like to see all wings in F1 analyzed by FIA stewards and an official piece of paper with results instead of war of words.
For those who think this is ranting please point out which thing in this post isn’t the truth.
After each race FIA releases on the official website, amongst other things, also the Scrutineering Reports with detailed info on the tests made on cars during the whole event, so it’s not “war of words” as you claim but an official piece of paper exists and is available to everybody.
That’s the page with press releases for Bahrain race and it also includes links to all the races.
http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_In ... hrain.html
Looking at the scrutineering reports you can see that tests about flexibility aren’t conducted only after protest as you claim but are made whenever stewards and technical delegate want, just like it happens for a considerable quantity of other tests made to certify cars legality.
In 2006, till now, tests on wing deflection were made in three occasions.
In Malaysia after qualifying, on 3 cars, #02 Renault, #10 Williams and #12 Honda.
http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/ ... ort_06.PDF
In Australia after the race, on the uppermost element of the first 8 cars (no Ferrari since both retired)
http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/ ... ort_06.PDF
At Nuerburgring after the race, on three cars, #01 Renault, #05 Ferrari and #03 McLaren.
http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/ ... ort_06.PDF
This means that, again contrarily to your claim, many cars, Ferrari included, were tested for flexing and all passed scrutineering.
manchild wrote:
Bottom line, Ross Brown admitted that their car is illegal when he said “all cars are illegal”.
No, that’s just your convenient interpretation of a truncated quote.
The quote comes from an interview. Ross Brawn was asked a comment on presumed Honda’s video evidence showing Ferrari rear wing flexing and he said that if you look at video images of all the cars you’ll see for all cars flexing wings/parts, consequently
if video evidence was the method to judge legality, all cars would be illegal.
Ross Brawn didn’t say all cars are illegal as reported by sensationalistic media headlines and certainly didn’t admit Ferrari car is illegal as you pretend he did; he just made the same point several people made here too. Cars have to pass FIA tests and FIA tests only. Once a car pass FIA tests, the car is legal and video evidence is pointless. It’s valid for Ferrari like it’s valid for Renault, McLaren, Williams, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Midland and SuperAguri.
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....... And the fact that the Clio, like all cars really, was there to make profit an F1 car wasn't, therefore they cut corners on the production car, whereas on the F1 car, its only the finest material's that will do.
