Movable Floors

[race aficionado]

thanks Juppe

[rickos]

So the best car is the one without the moveable floor or is it the best driver won? I bet the latter.
mokin:

[ArrowsFA1]

It seems as if there are "fears that some teams are still trying to exploit the regulations" regarding moveable floors.

Following detailed examination of car floors by the FIA at the Malaysian and Bahrain Grands Prix, the governing body is still not convinced teams are all operating within the regulations, so it has now radically toughened up its tests.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58340

[Valve Bounce]

Nest, some teams will want to have movable wings to avoid damage when hitting curbs. :

[ioan]

Well given that they went from 500 to 2000 N (4 times more!) I believe that the FIA have some serious troubles trying to police this area of the cars.

The real question is though: "Why, after asking them to remove all devices mounted on the floor when testing it, the FIA now goes to a whole new level of hysteria and dramatically increases the test load?"

What is warranting this change?
I would like to know who complained this time.

Or maybe at the FIA they just realised that 500N = 50.97 kgs not 500kgs!

[Breeze]

Ron should have complained, Ferrari are terrible at this kind of thing anyway.

1998 Mclaren and three other teams are using this extra brake pedal. Ferrari protest and it is banned by Brazil.

Renault mass damper, Ferrari cant get them to work that well so they somehow get the damper banned. Even though they were not a moveable aerodynamic device.
Ferrari wheel covers come in (which are) people complain but nothing is done.

Also Ferrari protested about the tyres in 2003 and the FIA made Michelin change them.

They are terrible sports and for you guys to now make fun of Ron for protesting. well I hope this floor of there's does get banned might be some justice.

I smell dead horse.

[F1boat]

Well given that they went from 500 to 2000 N (4 times more!) I believe that the FIA have some serious troubles trying to police this area of the cars.

The real question is though: "Why, after asking them to remove all devices mounted on the floor when testing it, the FIA now goes to a whole new level of hysteria and dramatically increases the test load?"

What is warranting this change?
I would like to know who complained this time.

Or maybe at the FIA they just realised that 500N = 50.97 kgs not 500kgs!

This is very interesting, I think that it is NOT McLaren this time.

[ioan]

This is very interesting, I think that it is NOT McLaren this time.

Maybe it's Ferrari or BMW who discovered something on the McLarens?

[F1boat]

I admit that I hope so.