F1 Fanatic

All of them more or less expected I believe – though continuing on from some article comments, there does seem a rather massive loophole when it comes to f-ducts operated by simple wind pressure (i.e. once there is sufficient force on a flap, it springs back to open a duct stalling the rear wing – though I’m sufficiently naive with regards to aerodynamics and mechanics to know if this would ever work!).

I’m also guessing the “Competitor’s Staff” FIA Licence is to do with the uproar at the beginning of the season over driver’s physios/trainers not being allowed on to the grid?

The ‘competitiors staff’ FIA licence stems from the fact that they were not able to ban pat symonds or flavio briatore because they had no legal power to do so.

The idea of a flap is already banned under “movable aerodynamic device”, a broad topic which covers fans, moveable side skirts, tuned mass-dampers, flexi-wings, flap-operated F-Ducts, etc. etc.. It is because of this existing rule that the air operated F-Duct is in existence.