https://racingnews365.com/how-the-new-w ... cedes-time
"In the summer of 2020 we already pointed out to the FIA the situation regarding the flexible rear wing. At the time we did not receive any feedback on that," Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told RacingNews365.com and others.
Yes, obviously I meant that important "someones" actually cared / reacted about the complaints made by other "someones"dans79 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 13:53https://racingnews365.com/how-the-new-w ... cedes-time"In the summer of 2020 we already pointed out to the FIA the situation regarding the flexible rear wing. At the time we did not receive any feedback on that," Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told RacingNews365.com and others.
So we are into the moving goalpost region now?nzjrs wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 13:54Yes, obviously I meant that important "someones" actually cared about the complaints made by other "someones"dans79 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 13:53https://racingnews365.com/how-the-new-w ... cedes-time"In the summer of 2020 we already pointed out to the FIA the situation regarding the flexible rear wing. At the time we did not receive any feedback on that," Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told RacingNews365.com and others.
No, why do you think I said "someone"?
Asked by Autosport if there was any move to change the deflection tests amid intrigue over the Red Bull wing, FIA head of single seater matters Nikolas Tombazis said: "We are not talking specifically about Red Bull here or any other competitor, but we are looking at rear wing flexibility.
"We do hope to make some enhancements to the regulations and to the deflection test sometime in the not so distant future.
"But we want to do it reasonably carefully and not to rush it and make a wrong call."
Tombazis was clear that teams had got clever in ensuring their wing designs were fully legal when tested in the pits but then were still able to flex out on track.
"The best deflection regulations for aero elasticity are the ones that most closely mimic the real load cases that a component can see on the track.
"So in other words, the force a wing sees is normally down and backwards, approximately, let's say, 40 degrees or so.
"Currently the loads we put in, there's a horizontal pull back and there's a vertical load, and some smaller loads like on the trailing edges and so on.
"We feel that is perhaps getting slightly outdated, and the teams may be using the fact that the load test and the load cases [on track] are a bit different to design their wings in a way that they are most resistant where the FIA loads are, but maybe less resistant where the rear aero loads up.
"We'd like to address that matter. It is not a five minute job, but it's on our job list."
Fair enough, thanks for the link.dans79 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 14:09Well, here is your proof....
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fia-a ... 0/4981060/
By: Jonathan Noble Jul 17, 2020, 12:18 PM
Asked by Autosport if there was any move to change the deflection tests amid intrigue over the Red Bull wing, FIA head of single seater matters Nikolas Tombazis said: "We are not talking specifically about Red Bull here or any other competitor, but we are looking at rear wing flexibility.
"We do hope to make some enhancements to the regulations and to the deflection test sometime in the not so distant future.
"But we want to do it reasonably carefully and not to rush it and make a wrong call."
Tombazis was clear that teams had got clever in ensuring their wing designs were fully legal when tested in the pits but then were still able to flex out on track.
"The best deflection regulations for aero elasticity are the ones that most closely mimic the real load cases that a component can see on the track.
"So in other words, the force a wing sees is normally down and backwards, approximately, let's say, 40 degrees or so.
"Currently the loads we put in, there's a horizontal pull back and there's a vertical load, and some smaller loads like on the trailing edges and so on.
"We feel that is perhaps getting slightly outdated, and the teams may be using the fact that the load test and the load cases [on track] are a bit different to design their wings in a way that they are most resistant where the FIA loads are, but maybe less resistant where the rear aero loads up.
"We'd like to address that matter. It is not a five minute job, but it's on our job list."
But that's the team's problem, if they were running what is now considered an illegal wing and making it rigid suddenly doesn't work because the rest of your car was designed around it, tough luck.