Despite the changes to the regulations, Symonds is not expecting next year's cars to be radically different when compared to each other.

"I don't. The rules are quite prescriptive. There is an area on the engine cover where we might see a few variations and things," he said.

"There is a bit more of an open area, and a bit more of an open area there but you don't really notice it to be honest. Once again, if you painted them all black you would struggle to notice."

croatic f1 je napisao/la:Pat Symonds o novim bolidima:
2017 F1 car designs "very immature" - Williams

Despite the changes to the regulations, Symonds is not expecting next year's cars to be radically different when compared to each other.

"I don't. The rules are quite prescriptive. There is an area on the engine cover where we might see a few variations and things," he said.

"There is a bit more of an open area, and a bit more of an open area there but you don't really notice it to be honest. Once again, if you painted them all black you would struggle to notice."

Dakle, shark fin se izgleda vraća (spavaš li mirno, Frantiče )

Toro Rosso također želi preimenovati svoj Renaultov motor po uzoru na Red Bull, pregovori su u tijeku; STR12 već je prošao crash testove, debi na stazi bit će u Barceloni uoči testiranja tijekom filmskog dana
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/toro- ... es-861822/

zekohonda je napisao/la:još malo o amerima. zadnja 3 stupca su mi zanimljiva.
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/183 ... estination

zekohonda je napisao/la:ja mislim da od sadašnje situacije i bernieja ne može gore. vidit ćemo.

ni više ni manje nego 450!
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wurz- ... -h-861689/

croatic f1 je napisao/la:Red Bull i Williams jedini ostvarili dobit 2016.
http://www.f1today.net/en/news/f1/22092 ... ts-in-2016

Dani je napisao/la:F1 suspension row brews ahead of 2017 season
Zanimljivo. Ferrari nešto ne zna napraviti i odmah kukanje.

Dani je napisao/la:F1 suspension row brews ahead of 2017 season
Zanimljivo. Ferrari nešto ne zna napraviti i odmah kukanje.

Iceman je napisao/la:

Dani je napisao/la:F1 suspension row brews ahead of 2017 season
Zanimljivo. Ferrari nešto ne zna napraviti i odmah kukanje.

Ma zna napraviti, nakon što netko prvi napravi.... Ali njihovo legitimno pravo je da shebu one koji barem godinu dana imaju iskustva oko xy stvarčice u odnosu na njih same, i nisu ni prvi ni zadnji koji ulažu prosvjedno pismo kod FIA-e, tako da skoči prije nego što kažeš hop.
Whiting će prihvatiti njihovo pismo ili neće...

......“We would therefore question the legality of these systems under Art. 3.15 and its interpretation in [technical directive] TD/002-11, discriminating between whether certain details are ‘wholly incidental to the main purpose of the suspension system’ or ‘have been contrived to directly affect the aerodynamic performance of the car’.”

The letter directly queried the two above-mentioned suspension systems:

“1) Displacement in a direction opposed to the applied load over some or all of its travel, regardless of the source of the stored energy used to achieve this.

2) A means by which some of the energy recovered from the forces and displacements at the wheel can be stored for release at a later time to extend a spring seat or other parts of the suspension assembly whose movement is not defined by the principally vertical suspension travel of the two wheels.”

FIA race director Charlie Whiting responded: “In our view any suspension system which was capable of altering the response of a car’s suspension system in the way you describe in paragraphs 1) and 2) would be likely to contravene Article 3.15 of the F1 Technical Regulations.”



Whiting’s response is not declaring that the systems are outright illegal, but he is suggesting that if they are as described by Resta then they should be protested.

So. Ferrari writes a letter in which they say they intent to use a new suspension system and they're asking whether the system is allowed.

The world believes that what they are actually asking is whether the Mercedes and (perhaps) RedBull systems are in fact legal.
Than the question raises: Have Mercedes and RedBull last year send letters like the one Ferrari has send, to check whether the suspension system they were planning to introduce was in fact legal. And if so, what was FIA's reply? And, why is Ferrari asking for clarification just now and not when Mercedes introduced their latest system (summer 2016)?

And if FIA told Mercedes their system was Oké, than, why should their judgement be different at this moment in time?
So perhaps Ferrari's intended system IS different. Maybe they ARE actually asking about a new system of their own.