Movable aero parts banned... really??
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Why are Ferrari still allowed to use those rear wheel covers?
Renault were banned from using Mass Dampers because Ferrari and Mclaren were unable to dial in their cars using it, so Ferrari complained that they were movable devices that aided the cars aero performance around corners.
OK I may not be a high ranking engineer but I do believe that a wheel rotates when a car is moving, something that Bernie and Co seem to have missed!!! Those covers also move at the same time as the wheel, amazing how that works!!!
It is well documented that those covers are there to aid areo performance around the rear wheels, so why oh why do Ferrari still get away with them???
Renault were banned from using Mass Dampers because Ferrari and Mclaren were unable to dial in their cars using it, so Ferrari complained that they were movable devices that aided the cars aero performance around corners.
OK I may not be a high ranking engineer but I do believe that a wheel rotates when a car is moving, something that Bernie and Co seem to have missed!!! Those covers also move at the same time as the wheel, amazing how that works!!!
It is well documented that those covers are there to aid areo performance around the rear wheels, so why oh why do Ferrari still get away with them???
thunderbelmont said:
Galileo said:
I thought "movable" meant able to be adjusted by the driver, or deforming in use. They move by the same way as the car moves and the wings move but they are not adjustable in use, are they?
Like the damper used by Renault last year.... not adjustable by the driver, nor deforming in use......
Rob.
Couldn't have put it better
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