Sauber DQ'd from Australian GP

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Originally Posted by ioan

Interesting, especially after Sauber's rear wing was scrutinized after Qualy:

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...ocument-40.pdf

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This was exactly my thoughts. very odd

They're going to appeal the decision http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90300

Not sure how they'll get away with it, even if there was no advantage gained they broke the rules. The other 20 cars had legal wings.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Interesting, especially after Sauber's rear wing was scrutinized after Qualy:

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...ocument-40.pdf

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Thanks for posting this ioan, I was beginning to think the FIA's pre-race scrutineering consisted of "does it have wheels? Yes. Ok, pass."

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Originally Posted by Bruce D

Thanks for posting this ioan, I was beginning to think the FIA's pre-race scrutineering consisted of "does it have wheels? Yes. Ok, pass."

;)

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Next time Sauber hook their car up to the 'net, a yellow shield will pop up in the task bar to indicate a firmware update is available. On the basis the SW was developed in conjuntion with MS, no doubt the reboot will occur mid-race in Sepang, upon reboot and seven subsequent BSOD's, the message 'an unspecified error has occured 0x000008f' will show on the steering wheel screen!!!!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by truefan72

ridiculous

once again the FIA has found a way to ruin everyone's weekend with some pathetic supposed rule infringement

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That's FIA for you.

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Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR

Why would Newey dob?

More likely Ferrari, STR or Force India one would assume. Whichever way, really dissapointing and annoying, I'm gutted for Sauber, Kamui and especially Sergio. But, rules are there to be stuck to and enforced so really, It's someone within Sauber's own fault.

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http://i54.tinypic.com/98y4pv.jpg

they use voice recognition software agreed should be grid

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Originally Posted by Bruce D

Thanks for posting this ioan, I was beginning to think the FIA's pre-race scrutineering consisted of "does it have wheels? Yes. Ok, pass."

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In all honesty it doesn't seem to be any bit more serious than that anyway.
Both Saubers passed the scrutinizing on Saturday after qualy, than the same tests yielded another result on Sunday even though the wings were not changed due to parc ferme rules. :confused:
Go figure!

Given this situation I believe that Sauber have a slim chance to get back their results.

This is what confuses me about the FIA. Either the cars were legal or they were not. With the parc freme rules it's obvious that Sauber didn't change the wing that had already been deemed legal. After the race the wing is deemed not legal.

Shame for both the team and the drivers, but to me more shame on the FIA for not citing the problem during the first inspection.

Boo! :mad:

What kind of a time frame we looking at to know the results of the appeal, have they filed it yet?