Comments on: Anderson: FIA wrong on Double-Diffuser

By: Negative Camber

Negative Camber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:23 +0000

I agree PC. It must be pointed out that it, as you say, is not an indictment of Brawn at all but of the FIA. I think that was Gary’s point as well.

By: Negative Camber

Negative Camber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:06:39 +0000

That is always a good F1 rule of thumb. :)

By: Positive Caster

Positive Caster — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:00:15 +0000

The FiA did not do their job properly. As has been stated other teams brought forward similar designs and were rebuffed. Its not an indictment of BrawnGP but of the governing body. Imagine Newey, McLaren, and Ferrari designing proper multi level diffuser designs and and think about what that would have done to level the playing field. That diffusers provide a significant advantage cannot be questioned. When they were declared legal the entirety of the field modified their existing designs, at significant cost during a period of economic crisis and without the benefit of on track testing, to accommodate the device. That wouldn’t have happened if their benefit was questionable. And they forced it onto a less than optimal design while Brawn designed 3 cars and picked the best one. That’s a heck of an advantage but the big dogs overtook Brawn from a performance perspective and made the championships somewhat interesting, at least for a while.

By: Benalf

Benalf — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:43:56 +0000

From what I’ve read on the regs, the DDD are illegal. period. It doesnt matter if only three or 9 teams came up with that idea. The DDDs are higher than allowed and so they should have re-sized them. In principle it seems a double mistake by the FIA; the came up with sloppy regs, and they favored the underdogs to break the pecking order and bring more exciment to the championship. In the end it was good but it was detrimental for most of the teams.

By: PeteK

PeteK — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:20:51 +0000

It is with a very fond heart I will always remember the generally unlimited Can-AM racing car.