Comments on: A change for the better: double diffusers likely to be banned in 2011

By: Chaz

Chaz — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:35:14 +0000

I have to say that I would like to see more data showing the difference the ‘with or without’ double diffuser has made to following and cornering etc. Like you say, some cars did not have the double diffuser at the beginning of 2009 at yet I personally did not notice that much of a difference…

By: AP

AP — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:51:20 +0000

yer they were right to totally destroy the season with dirty air syndrome…

Increase the rear wing area (width) as they makes bugger all effect on following car as it has updraft and while there is small effect the disturbance is not interfering with the low front wing.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:20:45 +0000

I take it 2011 is going to be another big stepping stone in the cars design. I know its abit to early but have they said how many years there running no fuel stops for?

By: SiY

SiY — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:31:03 +0000

D’oh, an agreement *between the teams* to remove the loophole *for the 2010 season* I mean. Closing it immediately (in 2009) would have been grossly unfair on the teams that found and exploited a totally legitimate loophole.

By: SiY

SiY — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:28:59 +0000

From some of the reports at the time, I thought there had been an agreement around April to remove the slotted-floor loophole. Obviously the FIA’s emergency budget cap announcement and resulting talk of the manufacturer breakaway meant they never got around to it.

Incidentally I do think that the diffusers were given far too much credit for (a) speed advantage and (b) overtaking disadvantage. There’ll be more overtaking at the start of 2010, as there is at the start of every season, then performance disparities will start to disappear, new drivers will fully dial in to their cars and we’ll be back to more processional races after the first few laps.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:57:27 +0000

I don’t think there’s anything in the technical regulations that prevents them being used:

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/130A104E1769D120C1257617002D4CAE/$FILE/Stable%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%2024th%20July%20-%20CLEAN.pdf

By: Macca

Macca — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:55:33 +0000

I would love to see the cars go back to how they looked in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:32:40 +0000

Can anyone tell me whether the Anvil (shark) Fins are allowed in 2010???

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:31:21 +0000

That’ll be the type of job title they have at (Sheffield based) Virgin Racing I hope…

…instead of Technical Director it’ll be Head Design Fella…

…Team Principle will simply be The Gaffa…

…and the mechanics will now be known as The Lads…

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:27:32 +0000

Well…not yet…