Red Bull and Ferrari team principals comment on the new flexible wings directive that will debut in Singapore: “Some of them look like rubber….”
The issuance of a new technical directive by the Federation has been, for some time now, an opportunity for team principals to exercise the political skill that now necessarily permeates who is at the head of a scuderia.
It was so in the case of the controversial TD39, it will be so in the case of TD018.
But let us take a step back. The Technical Regulations, in Article 3.2.2, allow the flexing of aerodynamic components within narrow parameters. TV images of “dancing” front wings, however, tell that the opposite is often true.
Here, then, the Federation has chosen to intervene. From Singapore, in fact, the FIA will more carefully evaluate the flexing of car components, with penalties for those who do not fall within the parameters set by the Regulations.
“This is a choice made after observing the behavior of some cars” explained an FIA spokesman.
The teams’ reaction: “Some wings look like rubber.”
“It doesn’t affect us” Horner quickly clarified. One could not expect a different response from the Milton Keynes team principal, who points, instead, the finger at rivals: “We have been seeing wings that look like rubber for some time. I hope the situation will be solved from Singapore.”
The reference seems to be about the technical solutions adopted by Aston Martin. In fact, according to the opinion of several experts, it could be the British team that is the main target of this new tightening in the rules.
For his part, Vasseur also reiterates that there is nothing to fear in Ferrari.
“By definition, a directive is aimed at clarifying the regulations” the Frenchman explained. “This means that it is to specify a rule that, in fact, was already in place before.”
“However, it remains true” he then added, “that if the Federation chose to issue a Technical Directive, it means that the Regulations were originally insufficiently clear.”
Everyone in compliance except Aston Martin? That’s what the team principals seem to want us to believe. And it’s part of the game. Singapore will give the answer.
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