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  1. Forza Bianchi

    Forza Bianchi Well-Known Member

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    The FIA say the reactive ride height system is illegal.
     
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    Where? How? What?

    That's ridiculous if Whiting could declare it legal and they suddenly turn round and reverse the decision.
     
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  4. Forza Bianchi

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    Mark Gillan confirmed it on The Flying Lap.

    Maybe Red Bull complained...http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97106
     
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  6. Julius Caesar

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    You can order the threads by post count. This ones about 60 off the Canadian GP.

    Was just about to post that. My excitement is building now. I love those first glimpses of the new cars.
     
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  7. u408379965

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    They could've banned it on safety grounds, what with the brake calliper becoming a moving part and Lotus (Renault) almost barbecuing Nick Heidfeld with their last innovation.
     
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    just wondering, have any cars been launched yet?
     
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  9. u408379965

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    Caterham are first, next Thursday.

    Car Launches - Announced so far
    Red Bull: Launch 6th Feb 1pm (GMT) online, 1st test at Jerez
    McLaren: Launch 1st Feb 11am (GMT) at Woking, 1st test at Jerez
    Ferrari: Launch 3rd Feb at Maranello, 1st test at Jerez
    Mercedes AMG: 1st test Barcelona1
    Lotus: February 5th
    Sauber: Launch Feb 6th, 1st test Jerez
    Force India: Launch 3rd Feb 9am (GMT) at Silverstone, 1st Test at Jerez
    Toro Rosso:
    Williams: 1st test at Jerez
    Caterham: January 26th in F1 Racing Magazine (and facebook) - confirmed by their facebook page
    HRT:
    Marussia: 1st test Barcelona

    Jerez test starts on Feb 7th, Barcelona on the 21st.
     
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  10. Di Resta is faster than u

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    I wonder if flexi wings will be banned as well then.......

    no? favouratism much??
     
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  11. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

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    Somebody has obviously cried about this and complained. Was actually looking forward to seeing what Lotus could do.
     
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  12. Stephen Lickorish

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    We're only 21 days into the year and already there's controversy!
     
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  13. Nazara

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    The Lotus ride height system is officially banned.
     
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    Red Bull recently said that there was no rush to copy the Lotus reactive ride height device. Guess we know why now.
     
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    I did think it would be illegal, as active suspension is and just sticking re in as a prefix didn't alter the fact that it was an automatic ride height adjustment system. A bit surprised they havn't increased the load for flexing on the front wing, but we don't know what load RBR have put on their wing. Wonder if Ferrari have sorted out the oscillator yet.
     
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  16. u408379965

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    I think the reactive ride height would be of almost no use to a team with a flexi front wing, since the wing is lifting in the braking zone anyway the dive of the nose under braking could be beneficial. I was slightly surprised to hear Ferrari were bothering with it as they seemed to be getting somewhere with the flexing wing.
     
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    The system looked legal to me, the way it was using brake torque to adjust the suspension rather than a mechanism controlled by the driver/mechanics/electronics.
     
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  18. RoadRunner

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    Once again Enstone invests a lot of money into a concept and it shoots them in the foot.
    EDIT: Post 998
     
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  19. RoadRunner

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  20. RoadRunner

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    1000!
     
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