RBR facing possible exclusion from GP

As someone pointed out already DC's failed while hitting the ground after being launched into the air by contact with Massa. For that matter so did Timo's. He got launched by a little bump off track and the subsequent landing destroyed the car.

DC's car fell apart in practice after going off the track in a flat out section, and then hitting the back side of the curbs while coming back across the track, pretty much at full speed.

Now I'm not saying the RB4 isn't fragile, but certainly there are fairly logical reasons for why the failures have happened and they don't immediately point to an unsafe car.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

Does anyone have a link showing the prang, please.

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Found it Valve. Not as dramatic as I imagined. It disassembled effortlessly!
http://www.pcplanets.com/videoyoutub...1xsiI4tM.shtml

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

It's called composites!

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And what if it were two massive metal parts glued together?

PS: I know what composites are, and I was not talking about them.

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Originally Posted by Tazio

Found it Valve. Not as dramatic as I imagined. It disassembled effortlessly!
http://www.pcplanets.com/videoyoutub...1xsiI4tM.shtml

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That's exactly the problem, nothing dramatic and still the front suspension disintegrated.

I see what you mean. That ought not to have happened!

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I see what you mean. That ought not to have happened!

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The car appeared to come back onto the track via the curb, and the suspension just fell apart. It was not as if the car was launched like in Melbourne, nor Glock's prang where the car was lunched into the air after it ran over the service road's edge.

Something's not right here and Red Bull had better check their assembly procedures very carefully.

Thanks Taz. I watched the vid again, and the second one is better. I don't think the tub flew into the air at all. The front suspension just came off :eek:

Unless RBR can show that they have completely overcome this problem, then that car should not be raced.

I've made some disparaging comments about DC lately! I actually over did it a bit!
Apologies to his fans!

Now, I have serious concern if either RB belongs on the grid!
This should be a very serious consideration of the Stewards. They probably will run!
What should the consequences be if they have a similar failure in the race?

I just wonder if this is the car they stuck back together after Melbourne.

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Originally Posted by ioan

And what if it were two massive metal parts glued together?

PS: I know what composites are, and I was not talking about them.

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Two massive parts of metal glued together is called a composite. The Automative industry, in particular Lotus, has been using this COMPOSITE technique for a while now.