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Post by gizzy on Mar 27, 2009 22:32:37 GMT
Peter Windsor stated during practice that teams are allowed to move front wing elements electrically 6 degrees. Does any one have details on this? Apparently this new rule allows the drivers to change front wing angles, with certain restrictions on track.
I'm curious about how this works. This would be outlawed last year, with the "movable aerodynamic" law in effect.
Push a button and change wing angle? Are you allowed to change wing angle back and forth during each lap?
I'm still trying to understand the new rules.
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Post by knightelcid on Mar 28, 2009 3:18:45 GMT
The basic idea of movable wings is to allow the driver who is following a car closely, to change the amount of downforce generated by the front wing. This will counter the loss of downforce allowing him to get in a better position to overtake the car in front.
Only the flap element is allowed to move by no more than six degrees up and down each lap (it must return to the baseline position each lap), even the rate of angle change is controlled by the rules. It will take a few seconds to move the full 6 degrees.
The movement will be controlled by the driver, who will have a dial to select the angle change and a button to actually move the wing. The wing is moved by an electric motor inside the endplate, the power to get to the motor goes through wiring inside the wing and nose cone which then connects to the car (as the nose cone is removable) by a male\female socket.
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Post by susieq on Mar 28, 2009 12:17:42 GMT
The Toyotas of Timo Glock will start Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after stewards found their cars to be in contravention of the rules. They had qualified sixth and eighth respectively.
A post-qualifying inspection by the FIA found the TF109s’ to have ‘extreme flexibility’ in their rear wings, thus breaking Formula One racing’s technical regulations. Glock’s and Trulli’s qualifying times were cancelled as a result.
"The Stewards have received a report from the Technical Delegate that the upper rear wing elements of cars No. 9 and 10 are showing extreme flexibility in contravention of Article 3.15 of the 2009 Formula One Technical Regulations,” said the FIA.
(taken from wwwformula1.com)
Makes the rules that much harded to get your head around.
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