Byrne doubts diffuser legality claims
No surprise there, then…
It’s More Than Just Diffusers…
Christian Horner: "The cars are going quicker through the corners now. And the contention over the double diffuser is that the corner speeds will only increase dramatically as they become more refined. The regulations haven’t succeeded in slowing the cars, but we’ve had two entertaining races so far."
GPDA boosts membership with Massa
"[Pedro] de la Rosa said he hoped Raikkonen, who is still considering becoming a member, would also sign up to ensure that every driver on the grid is in the GPDA."
QPR axe Sousa after just 26 games
"QPR chairman and co-owner Flavio Briatore has now had four managers and two caretakers in a year-and-a-half." QPR not doing much better than Renault F1 at the moment.
USF1 considering Cosworth engine deal
Peter Windsor: "The Cosworth engine is certainly an attractive proposition. It is homologated, those guys were doing a great job with Red Bull Racing when Red Bull suddenly switched to Renault. A lot of people who were at Cosworth have left, but equally there are a lot of good people still there too. That is a really interesting thing for us. Apart from anything else, Cosworth is now owned by an American, Kevin Kalkhoven, and that is a nice little link for us as well."
These are links I’ve bookmarked using Delicious. You can see my Delicious profile here.
narboza22
12th April 2009, 11:53
If they rule the diffusers illegal, will that also take away all of Brawn’s points? If so, isn’t that like F1 shooting itself in the foot? I was under the impression that they were trying to make the sport more favorable to teams with smaller budgets that could run a more streamlined business(ie. BrawnGP).
S Hughes
12th April 2009, 16:48
BrawnGP didn’t have a smaller budget in order to develop their car. They were funded to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds by Honda over 16 months at the massive and sophisticated Brackley plant for Brawn to come up with this model. They may have to make cut backs now that Honda has bailed out, but they took full advantage of one of the biggest budgets in F1. I wish this was made clear instead of this rubbish about BrawnGP being developed by a tiny team on a tiny budget.
Patrickl
12th April 2009, 18:11
To add to that, Honda didn’t just have one of the biggest budgets in F1, but since they produced a dog for 2008, they spend almost all their development on the 2009 car where most teams were at least spending money on their 2008 car for the better part of the season.
Ben Ell
12th April 2009, 12:16
no they wouldn’t take points away. All they would do is say that the offending bodywork would need to be modified before next race. There have been numerous technical breaches before and never have they resulted in previous points being stripped. 2006 Renault mass-damper is the most recent example.
phil c
12th April 2009, 22:36
The Diffuser three will lose there points if proven guilty. Ferrari, Renault, BMW, Redbull have lodged appeals against the cars at the race. They are appealling against the stewarts decision, therefore the results are all still unofficial. The appeal was lodged before the cars raced on sunday.
Mouse Nightshirt
12th April 2009, 13:52
Keith, you’ve given the link to the second of two pages on the “It’s more than just diffusers” link.
Michel S.
12th April 2009, 20:26
Wonder what name USF1 would come up with. Given Windsor’s and Cosworth’s potential involvements, a nod to the British side of the operation would be welcome — Anglo-American Racing?
dmw
12th April 2009, 20:40
I like Horner’s argument. The diffuser increases corner speeds and works against policy of reducing them. This gives a rationale for stuffing Brawn that does not merely work to privilege the traditional front-runners or seem like punishment for innovation.
Jay Menon
13th April 2009, 1:35
The rest of the folk need to lighten up. The double decker diffuser is pure innovation, why can’t they just accept it? I agree with Bernie on this, if its deemed legal, everybody else needs to catch up. I guess we’ll see how much clout the big boys have in influencing a decision their way.
Its shame what they’ve done to Sousa..great player he was.
kimster46
13th April 2009, 8:11
Ferrari design consultant Rory Byrne believes the 'diffuser gang' of Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams have broken with a 15-year protocol in the way they have interpreted Formula 1's technical regulations this yearso its questionable , double diffusers are real innovation or not
ukk
13th April 2009, 8:53
If the difusers are ruled illegal this might be the end for Brawn – there will be quite some cost for them to redesign their car.
It goes both ways – if they’re legal the big 3(4) will need to adapt, but they on the other hand can afford it easier than Brawn.
If I was at FIA I’d voted for the innovation, not against it.
kimster46
13th April 2009, 17:12
who knows , the diffusers welling the double diffusers might be in place already for the protestors, may be waiting for the fia decision
Graham`
14th April 2009, 15:22
If they are voted legal, Then teams like Mclaren etc will, if not already, be able to fit one onto there cars(s) and then we have an even playing field and Brawn will be quickly if not immediately caught.
If they are illegal then Brawn are stuffed as there cars aero is designed for this diffuser.
But lets face it It wont be deemed illegal and we all know that, and I for one hope not too and i am an MM fan but I would love to see this unfold over the next few races and see all the big teams play catch up
I also think its a great piece of design too Brilliant idea absolutely Brilliant
I did read somewhere that Ferraris car in the way its designed would struggle to accept a double diffuser Interesting as they are the main complainers!!.