On Friday before the Hungarian GP, team bosses and technicians met FIA President Mohammed bin Sulayem. Everyone has their own idea when it comes to the threatened floor changes for 2023.
Voting will take place on August 2nd, according to AMuS. The FIA declares war on bouncing, although there is almost no bouncing anymore. The FIA has threatened that the edges of the floor will be curved upwards by 25 millimeters and that the Venturi channels at the front and rear will have a different high. This is supposed to prevent the aerodynamically generated bouning at high speeds, even when the cars are generating more and more downforce.
Because it is already too late for a rule change for 2023 and there would never be the necessary 28 yes votes in the Formula 1 Commission, the world association wants to push through the announced changes under the matter of safety. Ferrari and Red Bull consider this an inadmissible pretext. There is no safety problem because bouncing is under control and measurements can be taken from Spa to show how hard and how often the cars hit the road.
Ferrari is of the opinion that the FIA must therefore comply with the voting process prescribed in the regulations by the authorities. The Maranello team says that they can prove that there is no safety concern and leave the possibility open to use legal actions if the FIA tries to push the rules through with the safety argument. The solution is a compromise proposal to bend the edges up by only ten millimeters. The risk is the possibility to go before an ordinary court.
FIA President Mohammed bin Sulayem has now declared the issue a top priority. He had spoken to many drivers over the past few weeks. Three days before the World Council meeting, bin Sulayem was a sought-after man. Team bosses and technicians handed each other over in the executive office. And everyone was diligently involved in politics on their own behalf.
Mercedes is for the strict interpretation and justifies it with the fact that 16 of the 20 drivers warn of an increased risk of accidents. The risk of losing control if the car hits the road at an awkward moment is greater than it used to be. Mercedes are convinced that the accidents involving Mick Schumacher and Daniel Ricciardo in Monte Carlo happened for precisely this reason.
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And also that of Charles Leclerc in Paul Ricard. The video from Charles Leclerc’s on-board camera is shown as proof. According to it, the car clearly audibly touches down on the track three times, forcing Charles onto the dirty lane. There he then loses his car. Ferrari and Red Bull say one has nothing to do with the other.
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto points to the opinion of the engineers. “At a meeting of the technical engineers, the majority was in favour of our compromise proposal (10mm).”
Horner: “In the end, we will end up with a compromise. The only question is what it will be.”
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