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  1. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Bingo.
     
  2. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ Owner

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    Like RB doesn't have a large enough of an advantage on the track.
     
  3. crinoid

    crinoid F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    From Truzonef1 twitter.
    "Unofficial sources are rumors that the only team that asked the FIA clarification of whether legal or not was Ferrari."
    Ha ha they're still pretty pissed with Raikkonnen. lol
     
  4. DeSoto

    DeSoto F1 Veteran

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    Other sources say that they were working on their own version of the system, so I doubt they are happy about this.
     
  5. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ Owner

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    Or..
    Their system flopped but not before they recognized its potential.
     
  6. DF1

    DF1 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    I will not be surprised at all if true - RB/Vettel and repeat!!
     
  7. ingegnere

    ingegnere F1 Veteran Silver Subscribed

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    Ultimately all these controversial decisions get blamed on Ferrari without the slightest shred of evidence.

    As if all the other teams weren't even curious about this device and would let Lotus have their way with it alone. Ridiculous!
     
  8. crinoid

    crinoid F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    It could easily go either way. Ferrari could be bluffing about developing their own ride height tech and go political or they genuinely could have been working on their own and fell victim to the influence of others or not able to get theirs to work and go political. Who knows.
     
  9. crinoid

    crinoid F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Agreed totally. I am a Scuderia fan. I am just sharing what I read. It's all speculation and rumor really and people love Ferrari to be the villain.
     
  10. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ Owner

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    It bothers me that in F1 Ferrari is the NY Yankees. Unfairly perceived as rich an dominant even when not.
    And I'm a Red Sox fan!
     
  11. TifosiUSA

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    Absurd. F1 is heading to an early grave.


    Ferrari, Lotus and Mercedes seasons are likely hugely set back...

    Red Bull 2012. Yawn.
     
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  12. crinoid

    crinoid F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Good analogy. Maybe one day we'll find out how this all went down.
     
  13. GordonC

    GordonC F1 Rookie Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Unfairly perceived? Who doesn't know about Ferrari's special benefits in the Concorde agreement, Ferrari specifically makes more money than any of the other teams, independent of actual results. Ferrari are rich and dominant by pre-arranged contract! No surprise, and that "perception" isn't unfair, it's reality.
     
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    GordonC F1 Rookie Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Come on, set aside the bias for a minute. Ferrari was the ONLY other team that applied to the FIA for an interpretation/ruling on their proposed similar system - therefore, it can only be Ferrari's submission which caused the FIA re-consider their approval. Chances are that Ferrari specifically wrote their submission to bring into question the legality of the system, in order to get the Renault (Lotus) system banned. I'd suggest that rather than being upset at the ban on these systems, Ferrari was trying to get them banned.

    If you really follow F1, then you know that this is the process that other teams use to get new innovations banned - they have to apply to the FIA for their own version of the innovation to be reviewed and approved, and they word them to get the FIA to reconsider.

    Again, it is said that ONLY Ferrari had applied for FIA review of their similar system. You can't blame McLaren, Williams, or Red Bull for the FIA change of approval.
     
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    kraftwerk Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Sounds about right to me..;)
     
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    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ Owner

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    These days Ferrari is indeed rich ( but aren't the only team with more money than they're allowed to spend ) but that wasn't always the case. As far being domminent, not since Mike left.
    They are willing to leverage their huge popularity into whatever influence they can get with the FIA but it really hasn't yielded a practical advantage lately. Certainly not the kind measured by championships.
     
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    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Did I mention I like Stella Artois?
     
  18. DeSoto

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    I´ve read that Ferrari also received approval for their system too, so I doubt that they were interested in banning it. Mercedes also was working on it and I suppose that they also asked for approval.

    Anyway, it´s a PITA for Lotus-Renault, but I really doubt that this device was really to make a difference for them.
     
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    From the BBC-http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/16664827.stm

    "But insiders say that, once it became clear its main role was to improve aerodynamics, banning it was a "no-brainer".

    Article 3.15 of the F1 technical regulations requires that any aerodynamic effect created by the suspension should be incidental to its primary function.

    It further states that any device that influences the car's aerodynamics "must remain immobile in relation to the spring part of the car".

    An FIA insider said Lotus and Ferrari seemed unconcerned at the decision to ban the device."
     
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    I suspect the system was a small addition to the overall concept of the cars and that banning it will have little effect on the cars overall performance.

    It's most likely that the press have completely over-estimated the actual benefits of the system by thinking it was something as revolutionary as the double diffuser, the F-duct and the blown diffuser.
     
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    Sometimes it's legal and sometimes it isn't. 1981 'springs' to mind. A shame for teams who innovated the past.
     
  22. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ Owner

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    Every year F1 loses a bit more of what once made it special.
    It seems that they're afraid that innovation might lead to advantage and ruin the show.
     
  23. TifosiUSA

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    You did :)

    I just think it's hard to win 3 years in a row. Too much crap can happen, but this being banned didn't hurt Vettel's chances...
     
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    That would be another explanation for the silence of RB and MCL.
     
  25. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Wonder why it's acceptable red bull can pull over half way round for a burger and still win every race, yet it's ot acceptable for anyone to be allowed to challenge their dominance?
     

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