Chinese GP: F1 teams turn to strict flexibility tests on the back wing in Fresh Fia Clampdod | F1 news
Formula 1 teams will have to pass the heavier tests of the rear wing flexibility from the Grand Prix this weekend in the fresh direct clamp by FIA after the opener of the 2025 season in Melbourne.
After the so -called “Mini -Drs” controversy last season around the level of flexible body, which is seen on the rear wings of some teams when they run at a speed on the track – the episode in which McLaren agreed to adjust their design after the Azerbaijan GP – the Sport Management Body confirmed that in January it was a new load for the new load new burdens.
The new restrictions on the rear wing of the rear wings were introduced from the first round last weekend in Melbourne, while additional concerns due to flexible flexing also see stricter measures introduced from the Spanish GP in June, the ninth round of the season.
But after fresh intrigues around the rear wing cheered on new cars in 2025. In pre -season testing, they led to FIA to have additional car surveillance with cars during training on the Melbourne track, the management body informed the teams of the fresh incentive of what would now be allowed on Monday on Monday.
While Fia confirmed that all cars were passing tests in Melbourne and therefore the whole network was legally flowing, she decided to assess and analyze the Albert Park that “there is a sufficient basis for a stricter test” than Shanghai onwards.
The FIA Statement published on Monday is: “As previously announced, between the end of the 2024 season and the beginning of the 2025 season, FIA performed the powers assigned in accordance with Article 3.15.1 Technical Regulations for the introduction of or new or more challenging tests of the defect in the front wing and the rear wing) and the Spanish Spanish.
“In addition, FIA requested teams to use cameras in free sessions to monitor trace deformation on traces exhibited during the Australian Grand Prix.
“Analyzing the shots from the deformation of the rear wing in combination to the static elimination measured in the FIA garage in Melbourne, FIA concluded that there was enough basis for the heavy test that would be introduced from the upcoming Chinese large prix on the upper back wing.”
Considering that the event in Shanghai begins in just four days, Fia confirmed that a one-time tolerance will be added to a new 0.5 mm border for this weekend, before the change is fully made from the next 4-6 Japan race. April.
“More specifically, Article 3.15.17, introduced in 2025, says that if 75 kilograms of vertical load is applied to any end of the rear wing, the distance between the main and the fold (also known as the” role spacing “) must not change more than 2 mm,” the statement added.
“With the upcoming Grand Prix in Shanghai, this restriction will be reduced to 0.5 mm. Due to a short shanghai notice, only a tolerance of 0.25 mm will be added to this new border.”
The statement confirmed that “during the event in Melbourne, all cars were tested in accordance with Articles 3.15.17 and discovered to adhere to, so all cars raced in Melbourne considered legal.”
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