FIA to make Mclaren & Renault Revise Diffusers

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

Its as if Mosely never left! Only Todt is worse because he doesn't have the fortitude and determination of Max. He loves committees and consensus.

I am sure the team from Woking will take this in their stride - imagine if it makes the car quicker! Ferrari - will really be hopping mad!

I am sure Mclaren wish THEY could have been nominated legal cheats like Ferrari were with their secret technical veto arrangement.

I am sure Mclaren will have the measure of the prancing donkey and the Red bs cars - and it will be sweet whether it is Jenson or Lewis that wins.

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I guess you don´t see the irony in this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afMsX...eature=related

do you?

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Originally Posted by henners88

If only F1 car design never dated eh?

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I doubt they will be able to extract more air through a much smaller hole, so I fail to see how the FIA limitation will automatically make them improve their design.

Sure in the long term they will find a better solution, a solution they would have anyway found during the cars development cycle.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Why doesn't it belong in F1? A standardised hole for the starter motor hardly makes them spec cars. Give designers a box and they'll tell you it's something else.......

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There's spec mid-plane on the front wing, no aero foils on the sidepods.

A spec hole for starter motor? Won't be long till more and more parts get standardised

Clever use of the regs by the teams which just goes to show that the more they try and clamp down on the rules, the more the seive leaks.

It would be nice to suppose the Fia will give some standard rules that allow innovation but that goes against the controlling culture of the FIA.

I personally think they should have;

Standard wings - front and rear - that produce next to no downforce but provide sponsor space.

No diffusers, and a standard floor.

Everything else should be within not particularly or overrestrictive rules.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

I personally think they should have;

Standard wings - front and rear - that produce next to no downforce but provide sponsor space.

No diffusers, and a standard floor.

Everything else should be within not particularly or overrestrictive rules.

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Agreed. Screw the people who whine about standard bits

Or even wingless F1 cars would be interesting. Perhaps tyre technology have come on leaps and bounds more than we realise.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Screw the people who whine about standard bits

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Great, let's turn F1 into NASCAR!

F1 will be the pinnacle.... not!

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Originally Posted by wedge

Or even wingless F1 cars would be interesting. Perhaps tyre technology have come on leaps and bounds more than we realise.

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Or, cars with benign wings.....

Spec parts in certain areas could be agreed by trading free reign on, for example, engines. All the FIA has to do is say;

"no limitation on engine or energy recovery, but you will only get x fuel for the weekend.

Gearboxes are unrestricted so long as they are manual.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Or, cars with benign wings.....


"no limitation on engine or energy recovery, but you will only get x fuel for the weekend.

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Amen Brother! How I would LOVE to see a V12 take on a KERS boosted V8, or a turbo charged V6.

With manual gearboxes, If I may add.