News: FIA bans innovative dampers

[BlackSamurai]

FIA bans innovative dampers

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=124873

The FIA has banned an innovative damper system being used by Renault and Ferrari after investigating whether the clever solution was in fact going against the technical regulations.


The dampers in question included a weight in the middle, mounted in a spring. The idea is that the extra mass in the damper improves a car's performance by reducing the effect on the car's balance of a tyre bouncing on a track surface.

The FIA deemed that since the extra weight suspended in the middle of the damper could move around to balance out the vibrations, it went against Article 3.15 of the technical regulations which says that everything has to be static and fixed to the body of the car.

It will be interesting to see what impact, if any significant at all, this development will have on the Renault and Ferrari pace.

is this the secret weapon that both Renault and Ferrari have but not other F1 team?

and who is the briliant person who file the complain to FIA?

 

[butthead]

FIA bans innovative dampers

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=124873

is this the secret weapon that both Renault and Ferrari have but not other F1 team?

and who is the briliant person who file the complain to FIA?

must be uncle RON.... hahahahah

 

[si|verfish]

Wow...if the ban is immediate, that's gonna suck for both Renault and Ferrari.

 

[evo3]

must be uncle RON.... hahahahah

hehehe...must be.....

 

[butthead]

Wow...if the ban is immediate, that's gonna suck for both Renault and Ferrari.

still... they have a marginal buffer over other teams... i guess they have quite some reserve performance they can squeeze out...

 

[si|verfish]

Yeah, but I imagine they'd have poured resources into that and to have it ripped away is gonna suck and definitely gonna affect their performance somewhat. Especially when an F1 car is design to such efficiency that every part plays a role and depends on other parts to all work together properly. So I think it will upset not just their damper/suspension development but other parts of development as well.

 

[zan]

no wonder Renault and Ferrari looked superior and damn fast in corners.

which was the reason why BMW installed the twin tower to improve their car's stabiliti.

 

[butthead]

no wonder Renault and Ferrari looked superior and damn fast in corners.

which was the reason why BMW installed the twin tower to improve their car's stabiliti.

that was to direct the airflow to their rear wings i think...

 

[BlackSamurai]

no wonder Renault and Ferrari looked superior and damn fast in corners.

which was the reason why BMW installed the twin tower to improve their car's stabiliti.

the twin tower stay only 1 race, FIA ban it.

 

[ken yeang]

hehehe...if they banned twin towers, then put 3 towers in at the next race....

 

[prodigy]

The twin tower is not the first case of such innovative designs. Many many years back, some teams have tried to fit in winglets in weird areas of the cars, such as side pods, beside the air box and there was this radical goal post wing that was sitting right in front of the drivers view/cockpit. It was banned right after Arrows showed up with it in qualifying, in Monaco if not mistaken.

 

[zan]

hehehe...if they banned twin towers, then put 3 towers in at the next race....

yeahh...3 towers would be legal LOL

3 towers are cool:shades_smile:

 

[butthead]

the twin tower stay only 1 race, FIA ban it.

too bad for publicity perhaps..hahahah

3 towers would get them a black flag... ultra cool for the drivers as they can get off work earlier...hahahah