Red Bull Flex Wing! [Archive] - Off Camber Forums

Agip27

11-07-12, 11:38 PM

Looks like the nose is made of rubber.

http://www.auto.it/autosprint/formula_1/2012/11/07-11971/Pazzesco%3A+La+Red+Bull+è+di...+gomma%21

Look at the yellow nose cone with Infinity logo on it! :shakehead

cameraman

11-08-12, 03:23 AM

It is legal. That is how you win, you do whatever it takes as long as it isn't banned. Can you show me a rule that says a semi-soft nose cone is illegal? I didn't think so.

mapguy

11-08-12, 10:02 AM

This looks a little bit dodgy.... I'd love to hear how this could possibly be legal.

http://www.auto.it/images/Articolo/93auto/C_5_Articolo_11971_paragrafi_paragrafo_0_testoPara grafo_1.gif

Ruok

11-08-12, 11:34 AM

[QUOTE=mapguy;314113]This looks a little bit dodgy.... I'd love to hear how this could possibly be legal.
They need to meet dimensional standards, crash standards, and deformation standards (done statically with a weight suspended from the wing, I believe) among other things. If they meet those criteria then they are legal. Maybe they are not within the spirit of the rules, but they meet the letter of the rules.

Insomniac

11-08-12, 12:07 PM

I'm not seeing how this is any different than what Ferrari was doing with their flex wings. They figured out how much flex was allowed by the testing and kept it within those limits.

It looks pretty cool.

NismoZ

11-09-12, 01:40 PM

Yeah, so did sucker engines, Lexan skirts, 6 wheels, FAT tires, flipper wings, bi-wings, tri-wings, HIGH wings...we should go back to the "good" old days!:p

Andrew Longman

11-09-12, 02:41 PM

Could they just change whatever rule is giving teams reason to put that huge bump just past the nose? The cars look like they are made out of Legos.

WickerBill

11-09-12, 02:47 PM

Could they just change whatever rule is giving teams reason to put that huge bump just past the nose? The cars look like they are made out of Legos.

Already gone for next season, supposedly.

TedN

11-09-12, 07:47 PM

But writing in Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport, journalist Andrea Cremonesi said that "according to the FIA, everything is in order".

"Word has arrived from Paris that the parts in question are not structural and are not subject to the rigid tests other parts of the car are," he explained.

Link (http://www.motorsport.com/#!/f1/news/specialists-clear-red-bull-over-rubber-nose-saga/)

Ted

Insomniac

11-10-12, 01:40 AM

Could they just change whatever rule is giving teams reason to put that huge bump just past the nose? The cars look like they are made out of Legos.

So odd that is even better than flat and they did it.

emjaya

11-10-12, 06:17 AM

Link (http://www.motorsport.com/#!/f1/news/specialists-clear-red-bull-over-rubber-nose-saga/)

Ted

That doesn't explain the the rocking in the front wing, though.

With that much movement, would the front wing bend back enough to stall?