Rules Sauber Disqualified - Page 2

cmotd · 29 Mar 2011, 01:48 (Ref:2855166)

I think Perez's awesome tyre performance will still stand up in people's minds regardless of the disqualification, just a shame he didn't get the points

skells22 · 29 Mar 2011, 15:22 (Ref:2855451)

i think as Sauber has decide to not appeal this DQ i think that the end of the matter and we move on to the next race

**bjohnsonsmith** · 29 Mar 2011, 20:08 (Ref:2855597)

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Originally Posted by skells22

i think as Sauber has decide to not appeal this DQ i think that the end of the matter and we move on to the next race

With the season just started that's probably the wisest move.

AussieTimmeh · 29 Mar 2011, 20:39 (Ref:2855608)

How fast can they turn around new rear wings? Must be working like crazy to get new moulds made and wings pumped out and sent to the track.

VIVA GT · 30 Mar 2011, 07:20 (Ref:2855730)

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Originally Posted by AussieTimmeh

How fast can they turn around new rear wings? Must be working like crazy to get new moulds made and wings pumped out and sent to the track.

Apparently, all the other wings that they had at the circuit were also tested, and these were found to be legal. It was just the two wings fitted to the race cars that were not. They claim that there was no performance advantage from the difference (but it is a coincidence surely that these were the ones used?)

AussieTimmeh · 30 Mar 2011, 08:10 (Ref:2855745)

Hmmm, that makes it even more weird.

Tourer · 30 Mar 2011, 09:05 (Ref:2855765)

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Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Apparently, all the other wings that they had at the circuit were also tested, and these were found to be legal. It was just the two wings fitted to the race cars that were not. They claim that there was no performance advantage from the difference (but it is a coincidence surely that these were the ones used?)

Not quite - they said that they had (from memory) three different versions of that flap but that the version used on the cars had not been checked at the factory.

The only ones checked by the FIA were the ones on the cars but they would have had spare wings in the same spec built up too.

Sounds like a stuff up in the design office but I'm not sure that I buy the 'no performance gain' argument - which is moot in any case as the part either complies with the dimension rules or it doesn't - regardless of any performance difference.

VIVA GT · 30 Mar 2011, 10:43 (Ref:2855813)

I see that they've now decided not to appeal the decision - admitting it's their mistake...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90333

**Adam43** · 30 Mar 2011, 15:16 (Ref:2855947)

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Originally Posted by MagnetON

So your post was badly written?

**chunterer** · 31 Mar 2011, 20:24 (Ref:2856522)

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Originally Posted by VIVA GT

I see that they've now decided not to appeal the decision - admitting it's their mistake...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90333

But elsewhere the team is quoted as dispelling nasty rumours that Mr Key might lose his job!

The press are amazing, really something else.

VIVA GT · 1 Apr 2011, 07:33 (Ref:2856662)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

But elsewhere the team is quoted as dispelling nasty rumours that Mr Key might lose his job!

The press are amazing, really something else.

A sad enditement(sp?) on our times that everyone seems to need a scapegoat.

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