Ferrari Front Wings

[truefan72]

Something isn't right with hose front wings on the ferrari, they flex way too much and not in a good way.To me they look like a few more flexings from breaking off and creating a terrible situation.
The Scrutineers cleared them last night. but the way they are flexing and bouncing off the track can't be right
something needs to be done before something awful happens.

[steveaki13]

Going back to an older wing according to BBC coverage

[ioan]

Something isn't right with hose front wings on the ferrari, they flex way too much and not in a good way.To me they look like a few more flexings from breaking off and creating a terrible situation.
The Scrutineers cleared them last night. but the way they are flexing and bouncing off the track can't be right
something needs to be done before something awful happens.

Flexible parts do not break easily, in fact are less susceptible to break at yield stress than rigid parts.

[CNR]

Q: did they get hold of the front wing from the redbull when webber crashed the way they were talking on bbc tonight that's what i got from it

[ioan]

Q: did they get hold of the front wing from the redbull when webber crashed the way they were talking on bbc tonight that's what i got from it

Who got hold of it? Ferrari? That would be stealing.

[Dave B]

Flexible parts do not break easily, in fact are less susceptible to break at yield stress than rigid parts.

Depends whether or not they've been designed to flex in that manner. They are flexing, certainly, but is that deliberate? The fact that they're reverting to an older wing for qually and the race suggests otherwise.

[Dave B]

Q: did they get hold of the front wing from the redbull when webber crashed the way they were talking on bbc tonight that's what i got from it

Brundle was recounting a story which by admission was (at best) third-hand that the wing had been spirited away from Monza. The rest was conjecture and he said as much in the broadcast.

That said, conspiracy theories have been based on far flakier "evidence"

[ioan]

Depends whether or not they've been designed to flex in that manner. They are flexing, certainly, but is that deliberate? The fact that they're reverting to an older wing for qually and the race suggests otherwise.

They sure designed them to flex.
Even if the excessive flexing wasn't meant by design the danger for it to break is minimal. The biggest danger they have to deal with is unpredictable front end stability in turns.
In the end the question is if the excessive flexing is good or bad for their performance, and I guess it didn't do them as much good as they expected.

[Dave B]

They sure designed them to flex.

I was not aware that you were privvy to Ferrari design meetings. I stand corrected.

[ioan]

I was not aware that you were privvy to Ferrari design meetings. I stand corrected.

It was about time.