The FIA already made a decision about the controversy and suspicions that have arisen about the distortion of the wings in front of McLarena team that now dominates the grid with the best car on the most number of tracks, and mercedeswho took a big step from the middle of the course to join the fight for victories.
Red Bull, which had an inexplicable drop in performanceturned his dominant car into “a monster”, as Max Verstappen acknowledged. The energy drink group suffers from many balance problems, cannot understand and predict the behavior of the wheels and cannot improve their balance throughout the weekend. QOn the contrary, he experienced the incredible rise of McLaren and also Mercedesin addition to a Ferrari that should confirm its improvement on more normal circuits like Austin after introducing a new package at Monza.
For this reason, for some Grand Prix races, Red Bull targets the front wings of McLaren and Mercedes and raising suspicions about their performance.
The flexibility of the front wing
It should be noted that the front wings of the F1 must comply with the regulations on their size and shape and must pass the weight tests carried out to ensure that their bending when a load is applied at high speed is within of permissible limits. The wings are not rigid, but they have to bend a lot and Red Bull complained about it.
Red Bull complaints
“I think the front wing is a key area where others have found some performance,” said Christian Horner at Zandvoort after the summer break. “The way the front wings are used is a little different to us. If you look at the angle of the front wing of the McLaren and Mercedes, it’s very, very different. Very different from other grills”, argument. But even stronger is Helmut Marko, advisor to the energy drinks group, in remarks on the specialist portal ‘Planet F1’: ““McLaren and Mercedes front wing should be checked”.
FIA decision on front wings after Red Bull complaints
Respectable specialist media such as ‘Race Fans’ received a statement from the FIA in which the International Automobile Federation assured that it will not act on this issue as it considers, after reviewing the spoilers of the teams , that no one who violates any regulations must pay. in their bending, all of which are within the limits established by the regulations. “All front wings are currently compliant with 2024 regulations”the FIA said in the said statement.
In this sense, The FIA stressed that it will continue to check the front wings with additional cameras installed on that part of the cars during free practice every Friday, even until the Singapore GP at the end of September.
This measure was introduced at the last Belgian GP with the aim of collecting useful data during the Friday practice sessions to evaluate the flex of these elements.
Source: La Verdad
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