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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Ferrari To Lose High Speed Advantage?


The FIA has finally acted on the issue of 'Flexi Wings', well the rear wings anyway. From the Canadian Gp in Montreal, all of the cars' rear wings will have to have seperators between the upper and lower elements to make sure the gap between the two cannot be closed at high speeds.

Ferrari are consistently faster on the straights than anyone else, allegedly due to the gap between the two rear wing elements closing when the wing flexes at high speed. I guess we'll find out whether or not that is the case from Canada.

Whilst it's good to see that the FIA has taken action against this, is it not also time to look at the front wings? Although ITV's James Allen made a comment on Williams' performance at the British GP being down due to the fact that they were one of the few teams to be not running with Flexi Wings after the regulations had been clarified. So does this mean that front Flexi Wings are legal? If so can it not be made public knowledge?!

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