Thursday, March 23, 2006
# posted by Rich @ 1:19 AM
Winging it... part 2
As a follow up to the story of flexible wings I posted previously, McLaren and BMW will modify their rear wings before the Australian GP.
There seems to be some conflicting information regarding the reason why. According to SpeedTV.com, the FIA insisted that Ferrari change its wings before Melbourne, and that two other teams were also told to do so, but their identities were not revealed. It then somehow emerged that the two other teams were McLaren and BMW.
However, according to itv-f1.com, McLaren says it was never approached by the FIA and that its wings were perfectly legal. In a further twist, Ferrari have supposedly refused to change anything with either their front or rear wings stating, according to itv-f1.com that their wings are fully compliant with the regulations.
It will be interesting to see what happens in Melbourne, because the FIA have threatened severe punishments for any offenders.
There seems to be some conflicting information regarding the reason why. According to SpeedTV.com, the FIA insisted that Ferrari change its wings before Melbourne, and that two other teams were also told to do so, but their identities were not revealed. It then somehow emerged that the two other teams were McLaren and BMW.
However, according to itv-f1.com, McLaren says it was never approached by the FIA and that its wings were perfectly legal. In a further twist, Ferrari have supposedly refused to change anything with either their front or rear wings stating, according to itv-f1.com that their wings are fully compliant with the regulations.
It will be interesting to see what happens in Melbourne, because the FIA have threatened severe punishments for any offenders.
Labels: Formula 1
If the fonts on this page look blocky and naff, it's probably because you are using Internet Explorer, which currently does not display antialiased (cleartype) fonts consistently when alpha transparency is used. I suggest you upgrade to Safari, Camino, Opera, or Firefox. While you're at it, get a Mac.
