Confirmed http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28129627 Wonder if the story will turn into a Benson 'Exclusive'
Wait kolles has his own new team. How is he muscling into this too? He mist like it up the rear too with all these back markers .....
McLaren has become the first Formula 1 team to confirm intentions to remove its FRIC suspension system for the German Grand Prix. The FIA offered to delay a move to get rid of FRIC from F1 until the start of next season, as long as all teams agreed, but hopes of a deal appear to have been dashed. While a majority of outfits indicated last week they would support a push to keep FRIC in this season, other teams had reservations about doing so. Without unanimous support, any team that ran with FRIC from the German GP risked being protested by any outfit that did not have it on its car. Furthermore, the FIA could have notified event stewards that it believed cars running FRIC did not comply with the regulations. Although the FIA has not published any official information about the status of the FRIC situation ahead of the German GP, McLaren revealed on Monday that it was settled on removing the suspension system from its cars. "McLaren does not currently intend to run a FRIC suspension system at the German Grand Prix," a McLaren spokesman told AUTOSPORT. "McLaren will comply with the FIA's rulings on the matter." The decision by McLaren to remove FRIC will almost certainly be followed by other leading outfits No teams will likely be willing to gamble on running FRIC for fear of a protest. However, an outfit could choose to use the Thursday of the event as a test case for the legality of FRIC in a bid to challenge F1 technical delegate Charlie Whiting's view that FRIC systems could be in breach of the regulations. If the team loses its case then it would then have to switch to a more standard suspension configuration for the remainder of the race weekend.
Thursday is used to confirm that each car complies with the safety standards. Therefore, the FIA can not assess the legality of the car. Illegality is only checked after qualifying and racing.
Cat bag? Petr Hlawiczka ‏@hlawiczka 24m #F1 Spanish GP was the last time #ForceIndia run FRIC but not so successfully. Now they're the only team running without it. #WhistleBlowers
It makes sense for Force India to push for FRIC to be banned. They're having a shocking season, and by ditching the system early they've given themselves more time to adapt the car to a post-FRIC setup. They'll be hoping a FRIC ban brings them enough performance to leapfrog Marussia in the constructor's.
I'm clearly missing something.... They've been shocking with or without FRIC, but if removing FRIC from the other cars hinders them more, they gain performance relatively.
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Ah, . Wow that was stupid. I feel I should keep up the pretense and maintain a highly irrational hatred for Force India for the rest of the season now, and constantly expect them to do better than they do, whatever the result.
Finally official! Rosberg signs new deal with mercedes http://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/news/2014/2014-nico-rosberg-contract-announcement/
Maybe the new guys mean business and have their own ideas of who should be in the cars? Or, they're after pay drivers.
