modbaraban wrote:Different name means that you have to look in a different chapter of regulations
If these have less to do with braking system than the general aero, well prove they are not a part of the braking system! It can't good or bad. It must be either legal or not.
FIA technical regulations are not dealing with definitions but with dimensions, materials and dynamic of car elements.
1. Regulations clearly say that wheel rim must be made in one piece of metal, metal alloy - fairing is made of non-metalic material.
2. Bodywork can't exceed 1400mm - winglets are spanned at least 1700 if not whole 1800.*
3. Regulations say that aero parts must be 10 mm thick and rounded to prevent tyre damage - fairings are much thinner and very sharp.
4. Regulations say that all elements influencing aero must be firmly attached - winglets and fairing itself are moving in 3 dimensions (together with wheel).
It would be like having front or rear wing linked to steering so they change angle and position depending if car is turning left or right.
* I really don't believe that Ferrari has reduced front axle span in order to fit fairing and winglets in 1800mm of overall car width. No team would sacrifice 20-30 mm of front wheels span in order to fit winglet UNLESS winglet is increasing car's performance more than pure wider tyre span would BUT if that is so than again winglets are not part of the braking system but pure aero device.
I've mentioned already that what Ferrai is doing and FIA allowing is an insult to former engineers because fairings were used in many series decades ago but not in F1 because that was and still is illegal according to regulations. If that was legal Colin Chapman would used it in the first place, not to mention other great engineers.
FIA - Group C, quarter of a century ago. Now tell me that F1 engineers of that time were dumb and that Gr. C engineers were smart. No, they've both respected regulations and FIA officials didn't interpret them by reading regulations trough red glasses.
