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13th July 2017, 17:16 #1
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What is wrong with Torro Rosso
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1...15/story.shtml
The car failed scrutineering, they were asked to fix the damaged wheel tether and the team refused to comply
upon further inspection, it was found that several cut fibers were simply knotted together
what on earth are they doing?
this is just crazy and dangerous.
I won't be surprised if the FIA decide to hand out a stiff penalty to the team and car.you can't argue with results.
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13th July 2017, 17:52 #2
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There's got to be a lot more to this story , as the consequences seem pretty dire , should it turn out to be as it's been described .
That they "refused to comply" sounds really bad .
Did they not have an replacement on hand ?
Did they somehow misinterpret the order to change it ?
Did they think that knotting some of the fibers would be a good enough fix ?
This could get ugly .
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14th July 2017, 11:36 #3
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Bit of a storm in a teapot, this one. I was a bit afraid that they would be getting a serious penalty, but it has eventually come down to nothing:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...safe-sainz-car
"3. The stewards are satisfied that there was no intention by the team to mislead the scrutineers.
"4. The relevant part has since been voluntarily replaced by the team and the car has passed scrutineering."The stewards had also noted "the presence of knots" in the wheel tethers on Sainz's car on Thursday.
Friday's statement said "the Stewards were informed by the team and the relevant manufacturer that these were standard in tethers and have been duly tested for use and homologated with these knots present".
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14th July 2017, 14:22 #4
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Curious that they were said originally to have refused to change it .
The manufacturer was called in to explain knots , which perhaps should have been clearer for scrutineers , as it seems it is normal .
But , brake dust present in the fibers due to it's covering being compromised was also an issue , so it was right to change it , so why was there any talk of refusal in the first place ?
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14th July 2017, 14:33 #5
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14th July 2017, 15:07 #6
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Apparently it wasn't a refusal to change it but an Italian engineer that has bad English misheard the question and answered "No we can't" whereas they were asking something completely different than he thought. It was all a miscommunication due to a language barrier and a big nothing story in the end.
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14th July 2017, 18:23 #7
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14th July 2017, 19:06 #8
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15th July 2017, 10:11 #9
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