It did not take long for F1’s first technical controversy of the 2012 race season to erupt.<\/p>\n
Asked about Mercedes’ F-duct system that reportedly works in conjunction with the deployment of DRS, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: “Are they allowed?”<\/p>\n
The FIA’s Charlie Whiting says yes.\u00a0 “I cannot see a rule that prohibits it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“What is not allowed is the movement of the driver to generate an aerodynamic effect,” he is quoted by Brazil’s O Estado de S.Paulo.<\/p>\n
So at least for now, the other teams will have to react, amid talk the concept is worth several kilometres per hour in a straight line.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have to have a look at it,” confirmed Horner.<\/p>\n
But according to BBC analyst and former F1 designer Gary Anderson, Red Bull and Ferrari – and maybe others – have reacted already.<\/p>\n
They “appear to have a different system and I’m struggling to understand how it complies with the rules”, he said.<\/p>\n
“I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this subject”, Anderson added.<\/p>\n
Also legal for now are all the teams’ different interpretations of the new exhaust rules — even the controversial Red Bull’s.<\/p>\n
“As far as we’ve seen so far, they all do comply with the rules,” confirmed Whiting.<\/p>\n
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