From GMM
Red Bull's preparations for the FIA clampdown on so-called 'hot' exhaust diffuser blowing are well advanced, Dr Helmut Marko has warned.
Sebastian Vettel further insisted that those expecting Red Bull's dominance to be seriously dented by the blown exhaust ban should instead expect a "surprise".
Marko, the team owner Dietrich Mateschitz's right-hand man on F1 matters, warned: "We would not be Red Bull if we did not already have ideas about how to mitigate the effect (of the ban)."
Marko predicted Renault - with unique front-exiting exhausts - to be hit particularly hard. "Some teams will lose more and some teams less; it is hard to know exactly what relative loss we will suffer," said technical director James Allison.
Off-throttle hot-blowing will be effectively banned from Silverstone next month, and it emerged on Tuesday that the FIA has immediately banned teams from running highly aggressive engine maps in qualifying and then switching to a more reliable race mode for the grand prix.
A FIA spokesman explained that the immediate engine-mapping clampdown is because the spirit of the 'parc ferme' rules was being exploited. Charlie Whiting's technical note to the teams on Tuesday insisted that cars "should be raced exactly as they qualified".
"I am very interested to see how the situation will evolve with the redefined regulations," Renault driver Nick Heidfeld told Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt.
German reigning world champion Vettel, 23, sounded cool as the FIA moves to break down his advantage.
"It doesn't particularly worry me," he said on Wednesday. "I think our car is the best of all in its overall concept and is therefore not dependant on just one component."
Vettel adds: "Anyone who believes Red Bull will be the most disadvantaged I think will be surprised."
Red Bull's preparations for the FIA clampdown on so-called 'hot' exhaust diffuser blowing are well advanced, Dr Helmut Marko has warned.
Sebastian Vettel further insisted that those expecting Red Bull's dominance to be seriously dented by the blown exhaust ban should instead expect a "surprise".
Marko, the team owner Dietrich Mateschitz's right-hand man on F1 matters, warned: "We would not be Red Bull if we did not already have ideas about how to mitigate the effect (of the ban)."
Marko predicted Renault - with unique front-exiting exhausts - to be hit particularly hard. "Some teams will lose more and some teams less; it is hard to know exactly what relative loss we will suffer," said technical director James Allison.
Off-throttle hot-blowing will be effectively banned from Silverstone next month, and it emerged on Tuesday that the FIA has immediately banned teams from running highly aggressive engine maps in qualifying and then switching to a more reliable race mode for the grand prix.
A FIA spokesman explained that the immediate engine-mapping clampdown is because the spirit of the 'parc ferme' rules was being exploited. Charlie Whiting's technical note to the teams on Tuesday insisted that cars "should be raced exactly as they qualified".
"I am very interested to see how the situation will evolve with the redefined regulations," Renault driver Nick Heidfeld told Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt.
German reigning world champion Vettel, 23, sounded cool as the FIA moves to break down his advantage.
"It doesn't particularly worry me," he said on Wednesday. "I think our car is the best of all in its overall concept and is therefore not dependant on just one component."
Vettel adds: "Anyone who believes Red Bull will be the most disadvantaged I think will be surprised."