Bib parc fermé ride height trick

[ispano6]

Drivers have said they can't adjust it. It's not alterable once it's on the car. Let's see if Checo or Max is bothered by it.

[NoDivergence]

Just because the drivers can't adjust it doesn't mean a mechanic can't

[Watto]

I think what any team says right now can be taken with a little skepticism. Red Bulls denial, well of course they would. And other teams pointing the finder well equally they've been doing that for years. RBR claim in how much McLarens rear win slot flex - I am sure it helped but am skeptical of if it really helped as much as RBR claimed All part of the game of F1 I think

[catent]

Drivers have said they can't adjust it. It's not alterable once it's on the car. Let's see if Checo or Max is bothered by it.

“not alterable once it’s on the car” … so they’ve installed hardware on the racecar (adding weight to it) that has no function and does not operate when in/on the car? Does that mean it only works when off the car?

[Watto]

Drivers have said they can't adjust it. It's not alterable once it's on the car. Let's see if Checo or Max is bothered by it.

“not alterable once it’s on the car” … so they’ve installed hardware on the car (adding weight, no matter how little) that serves no purpose/function and does not operate when on the car? It only works when … off, the car?

This is taking with a grain of salt that RBR have not used it between parc ferme quali and the race .

The only thing I can think of there is its behind some components when the car is complete remove a few panels you can access what ever this tool is does. If it takes them normally 15 minutes to pull apart all the components to make the changes to ride height they can get this down to 5 minutes it could be of value in chasing setup/ Especially on sprint weekends with limited FP running.Weight wise, if under the required min weight and it its somewhere they are happy to have weight - low down and central? Is it a non issue. IN that, even if RBR were breaking the rules the standard response is to deny so....

[FittingMechanics]

Can anyone explain, is it that everyone has this means to automatically alter suspension through a device, or that an additional device to control it (located in the cockpit) has been found through the code.

My understanding was some additional means from the cockpit that isn't there on other cars, hence my belief around weight.

Because if this is something everyone has, and the only difference was the position of a controller, then why was the coding so different that it raised concerns?

It is not coding/computer controlled. At least from my understanding.

It was noticed in the open source documents/specifications of parts that all teams have to share (to make big investments in unimportant parts not worth it because they have to share the design).

It could be as simple as a removable panel behind which is an adjustment screw or similar.