Lotus will appeal against Mercedes AMG novel device – Formula 1 news
Eric Boullier, the team principal of Lotus has said that they will appeal the result of the qualifying at 2012 Australian Grand Prix held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia over the legitimacy of the Mercedes’ new device in this year’s car W03.
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher dominated the timesheets at FP2 and gave everyone a surprise.
However, he said that the conditions were mixed due to the rain and least can be brought to reality from the times of the practice sessions. Nevertheless, the seven-time world champion was pleased with the start the team had and the performance of the new
car.
Mercedes had a struggling pre-season during the last year, as it could hardly be able to test run its car during all the three tests. However, this year they had made an impressive start to the season ahead with reasonably reliable pre-season. Moreover,
everyone in the team had been feeling positive for the forthcoming season and Ross Brawn, the team principal had said that he had confident on both the team drivers while he hoped for an exciting next season.
It would be interesting to know that Mercedes has introduced a novel rear wing stalling device in the car which along with the Drag Reduction System (DRS) gives the car boost to increase its top pace. It has been thought that the defending champions, Red
Bull and Lotus had asked the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for explanation over the issue of Mercedes’ new device legality, supposing that it was an aerodynamic device which was operated by the driver because of the reliance on the driver activated
DRS.
Nonetheless, the technical delegate, Charlie Whiting has expressed that he believed Mercedes’ new device to be legal.
Furthermore, Sky has reported that Lotus will appeal and meanwhile Norbert Haug admitted to that he expected such a remonstration.
“I've heard something like that,” Mercedes’ motor sport director Haug said. “The FIA has its opinion and so do we. I remember the noise made about the double diffuser; a noise, incidentally, that came from the same place.”
Besides, Martin Whitmarsh, the team principal of McLaren, believed that the Mercedes’ design was legal.
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