Revs84 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2021, 00:36
Surely if Red Bull had something to hide, they wouldn't put rear wings under the spotlight?
My biggest wonder is not that, but if what is being said is true and Mercedes are indeed cheating in plain sight, imagine what they could be doing under the hood...
Ferrari had said that there is double standart, about questioning of the mercedes' air intake plenum . But it was as if someone pulled their ear and they fell silent. In fact, Leclerc's last statement seemed to support Mercedes.
Fia's conclusion on the Ferrari fuel flow limit thing is very encouraging for those who want to do the same. No point deletion or anything. They just fell behind the next year. doing same trick is much easier for a team like Mercedes that has a lot of support in fia. It's just that the inspectors need to close their eyes to a couple of little things. Is it anything but naive to expect guys who can't find anything in Ferrari to find something in Mercedes?
Yesterday I saw a news headline saying that the Mercedes wing passed the tests.
Let's think about what Mercedes, which used the das system last year, said about the first presentation of this system to the Fia. Fia had guided that this would not be legal for the first version of the system, but it would happen if you did it like this. Now, let's re-evaluate the Mercedes' flexible wing event by thinking about it. All teams are trying to build a flexible wing that is strong enough to pass the tests. But what if Mercedes flexed in an area where testing had never been done.
Toto said that there were 2 screws hadn't tightened at their brasil rear wing, he blamed Verstappen for braking their wing first. I expect everything from these guys. They say they didn't gain from this 1mm bigger opening, but isn't F1 a place where very little things can get you ahead by a tenth of a second? The more opened right side may have provided both speed and turning advantage in the Brazilian straight, which was entered by turning to the left.
Likewise, it is necessary to investigate the electricity usage of these men and whether they exceed 160 kW of power. But who will do this? Everyone should be able to see the test, how they applied and results of the test so that we can understand that it has been honestly examined.
I am pretty sure that if a competent group of engineers test mercedes except fia, mercedes will fail more than one area, on the chassis side and on the pu side.