Christian Horner, the head of Red Bull Racing, is of the opinion that the changes in the technical regulations that the FIA proposes are too drastic and late to implement them for 2023.
The Federation is planning to adjust the regulations for next season for safety reasons, to reduce the vertical vibrations of cars at high speeds and to ideally eliminate. In particular, the proposed measures are limited to increasing the edges of the soil by 25 mm, as well as changing the configuration of the diffuser. In addition, the FIA will test for the flexibility of the soil.
According to Horner, the proposed measures completely change the concept of the new generation of machines. At the same time, he openly hinted that the federation was acting under pressure from one of the teams.
“I think that a lot is currently being lobby for important rule changes for next year, so that a certain team can lower the driving height of their car and achieve an advantage,” Horner told Sky Sports. “But it’s too late to do it now.
I think the chairman of the Federation acts correctly: he collects and organizes all available information, and I hope that a reasonable solution can be found. It’s too late to fundamentally change the regulations, but it looks like we’re talking about something like that.”
One of the arguments of the FIA is that an adjustment of the regulations is necessary because further upgrades of machines with land effect can only make the wobbling problem worse.
Although this unpleasant phenomenon is clearly less recently observed, the FIA believes that this is due to the specific characteristics of specific circuits, while for the race, on which the structure may appear stronger and the riders can again experience discomfort again.
Horner also does not agree: “We don’t have that problem. There is only one team that has major problems. The engineers who work in Formula 1 are some of the most talented in the world and I can almost guarantee that next year there will probably be no more cars with such problems.
Everything was fine on various previous races; Everything seems to be going well here in France. Therefore, I believe that it is not worth making hasty and too radical decisions that could significantly affect the design of next year’s cars.
Source: F1 News
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