Along with the more stringent front-wing flex tests employed at Spa, the FIA will use a new floor-flex test at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza September 10–12.
The current standard for floor flex is 5 mm under a 200 kg load. The new test reportedly will apply more weight and at different parts of the floor.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told BBC radio that he was sure his cars were FIA-legal.
Regarding the flexible front wings, he said, “We’re totally happy that our car complies. The FIA have had concerns that have been raised to them, and they’ve raised the tests, but we’re confident that our car complies.”
Horner said he was equally confident regarding the new floor testing.
“I think it will affect us only as much as any other team. I don’t think it will have any significant impact upon us. We’re confident that we will comply with any tests that are required,” he said.
Some observers have hypothesized that the Red Bulls have either a flexible nosecone mount or an unusually flexible front floor, which allows the nosecone to droop and lower the front wing, without the front wing exceeding the allowable deflection.
McLaren driver Jenson Button cited an interesting comment made by red Bull driver Mark Webber which has fueled speculation that Red Bull has a developed something no one else knows about.
“(Mark) Webber said in an interview a couple of weeks ago that if you have a very special device on the car, people should have to build their own,” Button said Thursday on ESPN.com.
“I didn’t know they had a device on the car, so there you go.”
The current standard for floor flex is 5 mm under a 200 kg load. The new test reportedly will apply more weight and at different parts of the floor.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told BBC radio that he was sure his cars were FIA-legal.
Regarding the flexible front wings, he said, “We’re totally happy that our car complies. The FIA have had concerns that have been raised to them, and they’ve raised the tests, but we’re confident that our car complies.”
Horner said he was equally confident regarding the new floor testing.
“I think it will affect us only as much as any other team. I don’t think it will have any significant impact upon us. We’re confident that we will comply with any tests that are required,” he said.
Some observers have hypothesized that the Red Bulls have either a flexible nosecone mount or an unusually flexible front floor, which allows the nosecone to droop and lower the front wing, without the front wing exceeding the allowable deflection.
McLaren driver Jenson Button cited an interesting comment made by red Bull driver Mark Webber which has fueled speculation that Red Bull has a developed something no one else knows about.
“(Mark) Webber said in an interview a couple of weeks ago that if you have a very special device on the car, people should have to build their own,” Button said Thursday on ESPN.com.
“I didn’t know they had a device on the car, so there you go.”
