From GMM
The FIA Technical delegate Charlie Whiting has dismissed fears Red Bull Racing could fall afoul Formula 1's rules prohibiting flexible aerodynamic components.
As was the case in 2010, the dominant team has again been accused of running a car whose front wing extremities bend to the track - so much in Australia that mechanics were constantly repairing damage to the endplate undersides.
But FIA technical delegate Whiting told Germany's Bild newspaper: "We have found nothing unusual. The car is in order."
Meanwhile, team McLaren is to scrap its titanium diffuser for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
After a difficult winter period, the British team scrapped its complex 'octopus' exhaust system before Melbourne and moved onto the pace with a Red Bull-inspired layout.
And the same layout is set to be lighter at Sepang next weekend, according to Auto Motor und Sport.
"We had to manufacture the parts for the new exhaust in a very short time," confirmed team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
"So we had to build the diffuser entirely of titanium which, of course, cost us some extra weight," added the Briton, clearing up the mystery of McLaren's oddly light-coloured diffuser at Albert Park.
For Malaysia, the significantly lighter diffuser in carbon and exotic Pyrosic heat shielding will be ready.
The FIA Technical delegate Charlie Whiting has dismissed fears Red Bull Racing could fall afoul Formula 1's rules prohibiting flexible aerodynamic components.
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| Red Bull Racing RB7 in Melbourne. (Photo: WRI2) |
As was the case in 2010, the dominant team has again been accused of running a car whose front wing extremities bend to the track - so much in Australia that mechanics were constantly repairing damage to the endplate undersides.
But FIA technical delegate Whiting told Germany's Bild newspaper: "We have found nothing unusual. The car is in order."
Meanwhile, team McLaren is to scrap its titanium diffuser for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
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| The titanium diffuser of the McLaren MP4-26 in Melbourne. (Photo: WRI2) |
After a difficult winter period, the British team scrapped its complex 'octopus' exhaust system before Melbourne and moved onto the pace with a Red Bull-inspired layout.
And the same layout is set to be lighter at Sepang next weekend, according to Auto Motor und Sport.
"We had to manufacture the parts for the new exhaust in a very short time," confirmed team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
"So we had to build the diffuser entirely of titanium which, of course, cost us some extra weight," added the Briton, clearing up the mystery of McLaren's oddly light-coloured diffuser at Albert Park.
For Malaysia, the significantly lighter diffuser in carbon and exotic Pyrosic heat shielding will be ready.
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| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is examining the Red Bull in the Parc Fermé. (Photo: WRI2) |