FIA declares Red Bull floor holes illegal

It's about time. They took long enough. How they didn't ban their flexi wing and movable floor in their championship winning years is a travesty.

I suggest they strip them off their points at the races with these holes in the car.

Cheats

Why is it for the past two years Red Bull have been clearly breaking the rules and nothing happens to them?

They should strip them of the points gained. If that was a Mclaren you know what will happen

Will Red Bull lose any points over this?

comment by (U13774) "Will Red Bull lose any points over this?"
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Of course not. Although other teams have in similar circumstances.

This is the official report of the post race checks

Car numbers 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11, 12 and 19 were checked for the following:
1) Bodywork around the front wheels
2) Front wing height and overhang
3) Rear wing height and overhang
4) Front and rear wing width
5) Rear wing configuration
6) Rear bodywork area
7) Rear winglet height
8) Skidblock thickness
9) Stepped bottom
10) Diffuser height
11) Diffuser area
12) Overall

The FIA Formula 1 Technical Delegate
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Jo Bauer

WTCBU, not much of a report. Was there more to it than this?

I find it strange that when a car is found to be illegal in that it does NOT meet technical regulations, it has to be modified for the next race yet is allowed to keep points already gained whilst running illegally.Surely the 'ban' would only be imposed if it was deemed to give an advantage over the other teams, and if that is the case by default they must have had an advantage for races it was allowed to run in.

German driver driving for an Austrian team revealed to be cheating shocker

This is the same as saying a car must have 4 wheels, but we'll put 6 wheels on it as the rules don't say we can't.

Another piece of opportunist rule bending, can't blame them really, the rules are becoming too intrusive now.

Go-Bates-Go(Sooner rather than later!) (U6730)

I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply to you. My computer was infected by the "West Yorkshire Police" ransome virus which has been causing me a lot of system problems. My data files are all locked.

Anyway, the post was not the entire report but an extract focussing on the bodywork checks. The other checks concern engine software and rev limiter issues.

I was amazed that the only floor concern was its thickness.

Now we have Webber moaning
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100168

He should consider himself lucky that the only reason why there was not a protest was due to Bernie not wishing to upset the TV audiance if the result was overturned post race.