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

I'm skeptical at best, but I guess we won't know for sure until they start using it. With all the restrictions on the use of the wing, I'm worried that it will screw up what would otherwise be good battles. I hope it doesn't create situations where a driver passes someone he is fighting with, only to be repassed by that same driver the next lap, etc, etc.

To some extent the wing will have the effect of making a straight longer. In a lot of cases if the straight was a bit longer more passes would happen, since if you can just get close enough to get a tow the possibility is there.

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 .

[sarcasm] We have another driver whining about the flapping wings.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90096

Gosh, this driver is such a wuss. Always complaining about everything! [/sarcasm]

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

The whole circuit is the "overtaking zone".

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Come on bra, get with the program.

The whole circuit isn't an overtaking zone. Why would anyone bother overtaking anyone else when they know the guy behind them will pass them in a few corners at the actual "over taking zone". Seems like useless fuss.

Come to think of it since we're probably going to have an "overtakeing move" every time we're in the zones and I suspect throughout the race we will have a a few cars there every couple of seconds, maybe we should get rid of all cameras not in the twilight zone...

So I guess the tickets should be cheaper in the 'not overtaking zone'.

It would be nice to see at some race 2 drivers in 2 equally matched cars fighting in the closing stages of the race to be behind for the final lap... or 1lap before that, depending on where the red light district is on the track :laugh:

I might have missed it from an earlier discussion, but what happens when there are more than two cars on a overtaking straight?
The first car isn't allowed to use his wing, second car can if he's about overtake the first car.
Is the second car allowed to flap it's wings if there is a car behind it in an overtaking position?

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Originally Posted by janneppi

I might have missed it from an earlier discussion, but what happens when there are more than two cars on a overtaking straight?
The first car isn't allowed to use his wing, second car can if he's about overtake the first car.
Is the second car allowed to flap it's wings if there is a car behind it in an overtaking position?

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This whole thing is poorly thought out so I doubt that the powers that be have even thought about that. In the history of half baked F1 ideas this ranks near the top.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

I might have missed it from an earlier discussion, but what happens when there are more than two cars on a overtaking straight?
The first car isn't allowed to use his wing, second car can if he's about overtake the first car.
Is the second car allowed to flap it's wings if there is a car behind it in an overtaking position?

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Well quite. This shows just how ill-conceived the whole idea is.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

I might have missed it from an earlier discussion, but what happens when there are more than two cars on a overtaking straight?
The first car isn't allowed to use his wing, second car can if he's about overtake the first car.
Is the second car allowed to flap it's wings if there is a car behind it in an overtaking position?

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Seems very clear to me. If you are within one second of the car in front of you then you can use your flappy wing.

Whether there's someone behind you doesn't come into it, I'm not aware of any official source ever suggesting that it would. It may be a spectacularly dumb idea, but not for that reason.

Just get rid of the wings and turn it into a contest of driving skill.

When I was a kid I asked why dont they have covered wheels like Can-Am or Lemans??.....and was told by someone who might know, because it is all about the skill of driving and not about the technical parts of the car itself......

The answer came from AJ Foyt, and was actually asked about the open wheeled Indy cars, but in my small world I thought it also applied to F1...............

Thanks AJ, wherever you be