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30th March 2011, 17:59 #1
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Flex in non-flexible wings
How do the Bulls grind off the front wing endplates and still pass the 100kg static load tests ?
Or , perhaps more appropriately , how is it that nobody else can copy this trait ?
Charlie is saying they're ok .
Horner is sounding all bored with the questioning .
And , everyone else is left wondering how Newey is flexing the rules , enough to grind the endplates so much .
It seems kinda weird that nobody else has worked a way to do this , as the downforce at speed must be far more weight than 100kg .
Surely , these brains should be able to configure things such that they would not flex until they were above the required weight applied , and only then to a certain amount .
So , what's really going on here ?
If they aren't flexing the front down , the only other way is to lift the rear end , and that doesn't seem likely .
But , Horner seems a bit too happy with talking about the mysterious front end .
And Vettel said earlier he liked the rear .
Are folks looking at the wrong end of the car ?
I have always admired his ability to communicate with his engineer, and thus create maximum feeling with the surface and what he can thus allow himself of speed in different combinations, but if you...
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