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Originally Posted by DaveG28
Didn't realise a diffuser was affected as much as other forms of aero by wake from other cars?
Can see how it creates worse wake for the following cars though!
I just think (from direct experience of motorsport and arguing rules with stewards etc) that it is extremely difficult without having seen how the questions were worded to claim teams knowingly cheated and the fia deliberately stiched up Renault/Red Bull etc. The wording of the question makes a HUGE difference, and as far as I know no-one knows what that wording was??
Finally, Honda weren't always bad and it's pure bad grapes from people to claim the only good thing on the Brawn is the diffuser!!
Also, please remember the 3 teams who built diffusers were the 3 teams who weren't in the overtaking working group (so I've been told anyway) and therefore just read the rules, did not know "intent"! The whole purpose of a lot of F1 design is to take advantage of gaps in the rules to get an advantage, and these teams did that! No team can claim these deliberately cheated but also then day they themselves asked to, so Renault are saying they tried to cheat but got told no!!??
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I know the wording and the drawings with the questions given to the FIA. I can't post quotes, but I can say it was very clear and applied to exactly the area and the way it's been breached.
A rose by any other name is still a rose, and changing the name of the diffuser to 'impact structure' doesn't mean it stops being a diffuser.
There's no doubt the Brawn is an all over stand out car. It has many good features developed by the cleverest guy in the pit lane in conjunction with 700 staff, two windtunnels and huge Honda money. BUT, alot of the 1 second advantage they have comes form the aero side. There is a scoop under the front (between the t-tray and the drivers legs) that scoops air in and then uses that air to supercharge the action of the diffuser. I think for any other team to implement that this year they'll need to make and homologate new tubs. Most don't have that kind of cash. Like I say, they've got a great car, but if it's a second faster than a normal car, 0.6s+ looks like it's coming from the way they've skirted the rules.
And the OWG was only made up by Memebers from Ferrari, Renault McLaren and the FIA. Not everyone except the diffuser three. I've seen that rumor too and it's not right.