Friday Practice @ Oz - The flapping wings will be tested.

I was always against the idea of giving points for qualy results but under the current rules it makes more sense then points for race results

When an open wing passes a closed one , it will be , by design , using less downforce .
It will be moving faster into the braking zone .
It will have a guy , presumably able to brake later because he's travelling slower , behind it .

It will mean that the guy in front must brake earlier , and when he does , his wing will snap closed , bringing instant downforce on the rear .
Front lock-up will be common as the back end hunches down under the pressure , and steering , as a result , will be compromised at the entry of the predetermined corners .

The biggest issue , I believe , will not be the speed they go by , but , rather , the closing speed in the braking zone .

It's going to mean a lot of broken wings , and a few lift-offs .


Last year's adjustable front wing was only used to trim the car as the weight came off , as the difference was too much and destabilized the car if you used it all the time .
Now we are going to try destabilizing the back end .

That'll work .

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Originally Posted by truefan72

well that's exactly the problem isn't it?

every year new rules, new changes and no consitency

this idea is so pathetic and what;s worse it is managed and adjudicatdd by the FIa, an organization that has show very little in either partiality or admiiting when mistakes have been made.

I can see the first incident in the first race with an RBR or Mclaren driver claiming the system wasn't working as they were trying to pass a Ferrari, or somehow one car getting a more favorable zone than another because the guy "forgot" to monitor the zone properly, or the wrong car being activated in a 3 way battle allowing the 3rd car to pass the 2nd and 1st car ahead of him. This whole thing really has more downsides than upside and that being said will probably be abandoned by the time we get to Barcelona

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I agree my man, this could turn out to be the most convoluted season
of the modern era.
I'm just glad that this is all so cost effective! :confused: :s mokin:

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

It seems the drivers agree that it could be trouble .

This is from Vettel , one of three directors of the GPDA , along with Rubens and Felipe :

"Most drivers agreed it could be a safety issue,"
"The most important thing is that the drivers are together,"
"If we all agree on something then we can be very powerful. We can say, 'ok, we are not racing'.
"That doesn't necessarily mean we will go on strike. We'll try to find a solution with the FIA first,"

Good -bye , stupid wing thing .
It won't make good press to have the drivers refuse to drive .

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Except they wont. Bernie will have to say 1 sentence and they will all drive and that is it. There are no such strong characters among drivers who would have the balls to stand up and actually go through with their threats and display such character that others would follow. I am thinking in the lines of such as Senna and Lauda. Current lineup just does not have such personas. Maybe I am underrating them, hopefully I am.

Now we have the "closer than one second" line moved out to 780metres , instead of the 600metres that the FIA had said earlier .

Gear ratios are going to need to be adjusted .
This news apparently came last night for the teams .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Now we have the "closer than one second" line moved out to 780metres , instead of the 600metres that the FIA had said earlier .

Gear ratios are going to need to be adjusted .
This news apparently came last night for the teams .

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Making things a moving target will be good for the show right? :rolleyes:

Guys, please tell me I'm having issues with reading comprehension.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90157

*head exploded*

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Guys, please tell me I'm having issues with reading comprehension.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90157

*head exploded*

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madness

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Guys, please tell me I'm having issues with reading comprehension.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90157

*head exploded*

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I think we all had an idea this would somehow get convoluted. Why should anyone be surprised.
What I want to know is how are they going to (in reality) police it in quali. Just another way to keep the competition close as Charlie,
and Bernie see fit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDOMuhpqUo
Seems like we have all been here before!

So it's officialled called the DRS (Drag Reduction System) but it seems they can't agree on that as HRT was calling it something else :s

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Guys, please tell me I'm having issues with reading comprehension.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90157

*head exploded*

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Haha, again so embarrassing. It's as if the original restrictions weren't stupid enough.

So… confirm my understanding…
The flappy wing was introduced to make it easier to overtake to provide more exciting racing.
Bernie now wants to douse circuits with water to provide more exciting overtaking, but the use of the flappy wing will then not be permitted :crazy:

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Originally Posted by schmenke

So… confirm my understanding…
The flappy wing was introduced to make it easier to overtake to provide more exciting racing.
Bernie now wants to douse circuits with water to provide more exciting overtaking, but the use of the flappy wing will then not be permitted :crazy:

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:D :D :D :D

The stupidity is astounding, it really is. It is like they take a decision without giving it any thoughts on how it will work out in long-term. Really, that kind of behaviour I expect from my cats and dogs, but I would expect more from an 11 year old kid.