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Originally Posted by Chihuahua
By that definition every front and rear wing on the grid is a moveable aero device and should be banned. They all 'move'.
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Indeed and the amount of permissible flex is strictly defined in the regulations.
Instead this particular cheat involves some kind of mechanism to move or rotate the whole rear wing assembly...in order to circumvent the load tests and cheat the moveable bodywork regulations.
The mechanism, be it a deformable structure, spring, joint, bearing, pivot, damper or whatever, only has to have sufficient preload to resist the FIA load test, but anything beyond that breaks the preload and allows the component to move or rotate to reduce drag, which contravenes the regulations.
The FIA are doubling the static load and pull back tests to stop teams cheating the regs...in addition to adding reference markings on the rear wing assembly to measure any movement at high speed.
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Originally Posted by Chihuahua
The regulation is quite literally you can use your wing if it passes the FIA's test.
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Really? I'd love to see that regulation...do you have its page number in the 2021 technical regulations pdf available online?
I would add that its not just Red Bull who seem to be cheating but also Alpine.