Mercedes AMG principal Ross Brawn says that Formula 1 rules are ‘never clear’ – Formula 1 news
Mercedes AMG team principal, Ross Brawn has said that Formula 1’s regulations for the 2012 season regarding the ban of exhaust blown diffusers beneath the cars and restriction on the height of the nose of the car, are vague.
Brawn suspected that the teams will not stop making the most out of exhaust blown aerodynamics in 2012 as the regulations are not clear at all.
However, different teams were seen with different solution to this ambiguous rule, for instance during the pre-season tests, many teams angled the exhaust gases to specific parts of the car to gain more downforce.
Furthermore, it is important to note that in the last couple of years huge research has been conducted and great amount of learning has been gathered on the exhaust technology. Therefore, it is quite evident that every team will try to get the maximum out
of the exhaust technology in the upcoming season as well.
The second important issue that Brawn has brought into light related to the regulations of International Automobile Federation (FIA) for 2012 is the restriction on the height of the car nose where it will join with the chassis. Furthermore, Brawn said that
the teams are already finding different techniques for the exclusion of the step in the future.
Moreover, nose of the car is a pretty prominent feature but it is not that impressive because the performance is not much affected by it.
“I doubt, quite frankly, whether there’s going to be many people who are going to carry over their new chassis from last year,” said Brawn.
Brawn expressed his views regarding the regulations of FIA and said, “They are never clear. I have never known a season in Formula 1 when they are clear. You start with what you think is an understanding of the regulations and then somebody has a clever
interpretation and that is the nature of the business. But there are boundaries and there are limits that we always try to maintain. There are already debates going on about engine mappings and exhaust positions, that started already, so not unusual for Formula
1.”
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