Red Bull exceed fuel flow limit, Ricciardo DSQ at Australian GP

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jz11 wrote:I'm out of this, going to wait for more information about the appeal.
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jz11 wrote:
simplest way is to delay spark if that is the source of knock, if not, and your fuel is very precious, you reduce air by allowing some exhaust gasses escape past the turbocharger, or in F1 case - you increase the generator load on the turbocharger shaft, thus reducing boost levels - which will cool the engine down if you've been running too lean and cylinders overheated, there really is no simple fix or it would have been used, or you think renault are just a bunch of amateurs?

Just because I don't think that renault are a bunch of amateurs I wrote that. The problem is that in this forum we have to much amateurs...you just write it..."there is no simple fix" because of course all the elements that you mentioned are already at the edge...(obviously) so if still you have knocking either you cut your power or you throw more fuel in the engine...
there are no other fast solutions (the real solutions renault is working hard on it in its factory but rb had urgence...)

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ChrisM40 wrote:They ARE guilty! There is no debate about it, as the rule stands they are guilty because they ignored the FIA instructions, that in itself makes them guilty, whether they breached in the flow limit or not.

Whatever the truth they enjoyed a higher flow rate than the rest of the field, so even if the FIA sensor isnt giving a level playing field, RBs action made it even less level.

Sensors can be changed, variance should level out over the whole season, no one has an unfair advantage. I would say the same whatever team it affected. I like Ricciardo, I want him to do well (better than Vettel in fact), I don't care for the team, but its their own fault, they push limits, win some and lose some. They are running with illegal camera mounts to, which they got away with, so frankly, on balance, its justice.
Meaning that unless you have reliable intel, and by reliable i mean something like: from x to y the fuel rate exceeded the 100Kg/h by z, wich you haven´t, right now, that’s the only thing you can acuse them for. As for the remaining, is just the typical empty hatter speech, as long as there is a conviction it’s ok to you, and even dare to talk about justice. :lol:

In the end you might get lucky. Not because they are guilty of exceeding the flow rate, but because the FIA will try to defend the sensors it homologated, otherwise it will open the Pandora box allowing the other teams to rely in their own readings, thus making the sensors look clumsy and a step longer the the legs.

So, just let life unfold and the universe will find it’s balance in the end. :lol:

P.S. Next time you want to make a point don't use just the caps lock, underline it to. Just in case. :wink:

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ebare wrote:
ChrisM40 wrote:They ARE guilty! There is no debate about it, as the rule stands they are guilty because they ignored the FIA instructions, that in itself makes them guilty, whether they breached in the flow limit or not.

Whatever the truth they enjoyed a higher flow rate than the rest of the field, so even if the FIA sensor isnt giving a level playing field, RBs action made it even less level.

Sensors can be changed, variance should level out over the whole season, no one has an unfair advantage. I would say the same whatever team it affected. I like Ricciardo, I want him to do well (better than Vettel in fact), I don't care for the team, but its their own fault, they push limits, win some and lose some. They are running with illegal camera mounts to, which they got away with, so frankly, on balance, its justice.
Meaning that unless you have reliable intel, and by reliable i mean something like: from x to y the fuel rate exceeded the 100Kg/h by z, wich you haven´t, right now, that’s the only thing you can acuse them for. As for the remaining, is just the typical empty hatter speech, as long as there is a conviction it’s ok to you, and even dare to talk about justice. :lol:

In the end you might get lucky. Not because they are guilty of exceeding the flow rate, but because the FIA will try to defend the sensors it homologated, otherwise it will open the Pandora box allowing the other teams to rely in their own readings, thus making the sensors look clumsy and a step longer the the legs.

So, just let life unfold and the universe will find it’s balance in the end. :lol:

P.S. Next time you want to make a point don't use just the caps lock, underline it to. Just in case. :wink:
What you fail to understand is that following procedure is everything. Whatever else they may or may not be guilty of they are guilty of failing to follow procedure. Seriously, next time you are given instructions by a policeman or your boss, fair or otherwise, please refuse, and see where it gets you.

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ChrisM40 wrote:What you fail to understand is that following procedure is everything. Whatever else they may or may not be guilty of they are guilty of failing to follow procedure.
Except that they weren't penalised for not following procedure. They were penalised for breaking the fuel flow limit:
Stewards decision from fia.com
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Nobody knows what weight TDs carry, just like nobody knows what's in them most of the time, IMO. That's why arguing F1 is largely pointless, there's too much hidden. I would note that it's called a Technical Directive though, not a Technical Hint.
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Which is pretty much why it's pointless to argue over whether RB will be penalised or not until the appeal hearing is made.
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ebare wrote:
ChrisM40 wrote:They ARE guilty! There is no debate about it, as the rule stands they are guilty because they ignored the FIA instructions, that in itself makes them guilty, whether they breached in the flow limit or not.

Whatever the truth they enjoyed a higher flow rate than the rest of the field, so even if the FIA sensor isnt giving a level playing field, RBs action made it even less level.

Sensors can be changed, variance should level out over the whole season, no one has an unfair advantage. I would say the same whatever team it affected. I like Ricciardo, I want him to do well (better than Vettel in fact), I don't care for the team, but its their own fault, they push limits, win some and lose some. They are running with illegal camera mounts to, which they got away with, so frankly, on balance, its justice.
Meaning that unless you have reliable intel, and by reliable i mean something like: from x to y the fuel rate exceeded the 100Kg/h by z, wich you haven´t, right now, that’s the only thing you can acuse them for. As for the remaining, is just the typical empty hatter speech, as long as there is a conviction it’s ok to you, and even dare to talk about justice. :lol:

In the end you might get lucky. Not because they are guilty of exceeding the flow rate, but because the FIA will try to defend the sensors it homologated, otherwise it will open the Pandora box allowing the other teams to rely in their own readings, thus making the sensors look clumsy and a step longer the the legs.

So, just let life unfold and the universe will find it’s balance in the end. :lol:

P.S. Next time you want to make a point don't use just the caps lock, underline it to. Just in case. :wink:
What are you on about? The fact that the FIA fuel flow meter (FFM) recorded that Ricciardo was consistently exceeding the allowed fuel rate is not in dispute. The FIA has not made their data public (which they should), possibly to protect Red Bull as it could reveal intricacies about their engine mapping. Yet we can safely assume that the facts support their claim, otherwise Red Bull would have objected, which they didn't.

Red Bull's entire argument rests on their hunch that the FFM wasn't reliable, which the FIA denies. Whether or not Red Bull has a point and whether or not that is even relevant will be determined in court.

P.S. Next time you want to make a point don't use just smilies, use neon font colors as well. Just in case.

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Tim.Wright wrote:
ChrisM40 wrote:What you fail to understand is that following procedure is everything. Whatever else they may or may not be guilty of they are guilty of failing to follow procedure.
Except that they weren't penalised for not following procedure. They were penalised for breaking the fuel flow limit:
Stewards decision from fia.com
I'm not so sure. Have you read the reasons? It ends with the following:
"That regardless of the team’s assertion that the sensor was fault, it is not within their discretion to run a different fuel flow measurement method without the permission of the FIA."

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Gridlock wrote:Nobody knows what weight TDs carry, just like nobody knows what's in them most of the time, IMO. That's why arguing F1 is largely pointless, there's too much hidden. I would note that it's called a Technical Directive though, not a Technical Hint.
TD are not technical regulations, hence they can not be enforced as such. This has been confirmed by marrusia's TP on skyf1 show. IMO they hold zero ground against red bull in this case.

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Juzh wrote:
Gridlock wrote:Nobody knows what weight TDs carry, just like nobody knows what's in them most of the time, IMO. That's why arguing F1 is largely pointless, there's too much hidden. I would note that it's called a Technical Directive though, not a Technical Hint.
TD are not technical regulations, hence they can not be enforced as such. This has been confirmed by marrusia's TP on skyf1 show. IMO they hold zero ground against red bull in this case.
Zero ground? They're a clarification on the rules. Should the court decide that they hold no weight, the implications would be massive as virtually every regulation is flanked by directives.

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thomin wrote:
Juzh wrote:
Gridlock wrote:Nobody knows what weight TDs carry, just like nobody knows what's in them most of the time, IMO. That's why arguing F1 is largely pointless, there's too much hidden. I would note that it's called a Technical Directive though, not a Technical Hint.
TD are not technical regulations, hence they can not be enforced as such. This has been confirmed by marrusia's TP on skyf1 show. IMO they hold zero ground against red bull in this case.
Zero ground? They're a clarification on the rules. Should the court decide that they hold no weight, the implications would be massive as virtually every regulation is flanked by directives.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3OJpNjLokby5D6dYxe

starts at 6:50. Think what you will. For the moment I believe technical directives can not be upheld as rules during the appeal.

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Juzh wrote:
starts at 6:50. Think what you will. For the moment I believe technical directives can not be upheld as rules during the appeal.
He also states that any team that goes all the way to court without taking heed of technical directives is "pushing it". He also says technical directives "tell you where to go with the rules". In other words a technical directive tells you how to follow a rule.

The one thing I don't understand is the people who say " He finished on 100kg , the race was more than an hour so he was under 100kg/h. Do you people not get the idea of an instantaneous flow rate? The sampling rate is 5 hz, so, every . 2 seconds they take an average flow rate for that .2 seconds and that average flow must be under 100kg/h. Got it?
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Pierce89 wrote:The one thing I don't understand is the people who say " He finished on 100kg , the race was more than an hour so he was under 100kg/h. Do you people not get the idea of an instantaneous flow rate? The sampling rate is 5 hz, so, every . 2 seconds they take an average flow rate for that .2 seconds and that average flow must be under 100kg/h. Got it?
Hate to be splitting hairs but this is a common misunderstanding. The sample rate isnt 5hz. Its sampled at 1kHz and then output onto the CAD bus at 100Hz. The FIA then apply a 5Hz filter on the data. This is absolutely not the same as a sampling rate of 5Hz. A sampling rate of 5Hz means that no data above 2.5Hz can be in the signal.

The actual situation is that the data is a 100Hz, so it can contain frequencies of upto 50Hz. It is then filtered from 5Hz up - but filtering is not a perfect cut off. There will still be frequencies greater than 5Hz in the signal, they will just be heavily attenuated.
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Firstly, the FIA is fallible. They make mistakes. It is every teams right to question a decision. To state that a team is "arrogant" or "pushing it" simply fails to recognise the rights the teams have.

Secondly the FIA has a (disgraceful) track history of writing specific rules, only to discover teams have found a way around them. As a recent example, regarding the 2014 nose designs, F1 race director Charlie Whiting said: "A lot of teams have come up with a solution which is not quite what we intended. As rule makers, we cannot get into how the nose looks aesthetically. We acted in good faith, but we are not designers." So you have a bunch of people writing rules for which they have absolutely no skill or experience doing so. And you all wonder how these things happen!?

That people are trying to argue, 5 Hz this, flow that, article this, TD whatever - is to miss the biggest point of all. If the FIA was an employee, they would have been sacked for gross negligence and incompetence years ago. That the same people keep their jobs and continue to make the same mistakes - speaks volumes.

To top that off, having teams and commentators continue to 'side' with that incompetence - speaks even higher.

By pursuing this, Red Bull are showing all of you that you don't have to take 'no' as an answer. Fight for your rights. Fight to the end.

Don't begrudge anyone for trying to compete in an unfair, unbalanced and arguably highly political environment where side agendas take priority over true sporting accomplishments.

The hole the FIA and FOM have dumped F1 into is a crying shame.

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