Red Bull RB11 Renault

[stefan_]

2015 Winter testing | Session 1, Day 2 - Jerez de la Frontera, Spain (02.02.2015)

[BlackSwan]

Horner confirmed that they have no replacement wing at the track before afternoon. Well done...

JONATHAN NOBLE has just been speaking to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner about the RB11 running without a front wing.

Kvyat damaged the only wing Red Bull has here at Jerez, so the team is carrying out very basic work that is can complete without one while a spare is flown out.

There's no guarantee that the new spare will make it to Spain in time to allow the team to do any more proper running today, so everyone at Red Bull is having to cross their fingers.

From the AUTOSPORT live coverage

[FrukostScones]

[i70q7m7ghw]

"Uh... Sorry."

[Aaronque]

Obviously that's one of the reasons why it took so long to passed the fia's legality, its structural quality

[Thunder]

He crashed it, Wings in F1 tend to fall of if they hit something other than Air. Imho nothing to worry about.

[ME4ME]

The FIA tests the nose, not the front wing though.

I guess it's still relativly safe to run without wing up untill a certain speed. The crash structure (nose) is still there, just not the downforce needed under braking at high speed. If they keep it slow and steady, they should be fine to at least run some engine and system checks.

[Aaronque]

Did he really crashed? Really? Source? The nose broke

[Thunder]

The AMuS Live ticker mentions Kvyat broke the Front Wing as he came off the Track between Turn 3 and 4.

http://ticker.auto-motor-und-sport.de/ at 11.51

Edit: The newest Update from Horner says he adjusted something on the steering Wheel between Turn 3 and 4, was distracted for a Moment and came off Track.

So all is good.

[Aaronque]

The FIA tests the nose, not the front wing though.

I guess it's still relativly safe to run without wing up untill a certain speed. The crash structure (nose) is still there, just not the downforce needed under braking at high speed. If they keep it slow and steady, they should be fine to at least run some engine and system checks.

Yeah and it's the nose that broke, they actually have extra noses which they are using now but without attached front wing

[Aaronque]

The AMuS Live ticker mentions Kvyat broke the Front Wing as he came off the Track between Turn 3 and 4.

http://ticker.auto-motor-und-sport.de/ at 11.51

Edit: The newest Update from Horner says he adjusted something on the steering Wheel between Turn 3 and 4, was distracted for a Moment and came off Track.

... maybe he lacks focus and experience

[McMrocks]

The AMuS Live ticker mentions Kvyat broke the Front Wing as he came off the Track between Turn 3 and 4.

http://ticker.auto-motor-und-sport.de/ at 11.51

Edit: The newest Update from Horner says he adjusted something on the steering Wheel between Turn 3 and 4, was distracted for a Moment and came off Track.

... maybe he lacks focus and experience

Even though I doubt this belongs in this thread: Even more experienced drivers make mistakes like this (Maldonado in China 2014 FP)

[fawe4]

Obviously that's one of the reasons why it took so long to passed the fia's legality, its structural quality

It's the nose that failed to pass crash test. The wing had nothing to do with it.

[FrukostScones]

[i70q7m7ghw]

I don't suppose anyone's seen a picture of the new steering wheel? I'm quite interested to see how they integrated the PCU-8D.