An engineer working for the team’s engine supplier Renault has dismissed reports Red Bull may be cheating its way to a fourth title.<\/p>\n
Recent reports have cast doubt on the superior traction and odd tones of Sebastian Vettel’s RB9 as the German cruises to yet another championship victory.<\/p>\n
But Ricardo Penteado, a Brazilian engineer for Renault, said claims of illegal traction control are clearly wide of the mark.<\/p>\n
“Everything is checked by the FIA,” he told Brazil’s O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper.\u00a0 “The electronic control unit is distributed by the FIA itself, to ensure that all the (electronic) programmes are in compliance with the rules.<\/p>\n
“It would be foolish to try to do something illegal,” Penteado insists.\u00a0 “It would end your credibility, the team would be excluded — it makes no sense.”<\/p>\n
A member of the currently Renault-powered Williams team, who won titles with Adrian Newey-penned cars, also dismisses the notion Red Bull is doing something illegal.<\/p>\n
“I know their designer (Newey) well,” the unnamed team member told the newspaper.<\/p>\n
“He has a group studying each area of the regulations in detail, in order to take advantage of anything that could give some additional speed.<\/p>\n
“I just think that is what we are seeing now,” he added.<\/p>\n
Another well-placed insider, the renowned F1 technical illustrator Giorgio Piola, thinks Newey simply found a higher and smarter gear in the second half of the 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n
“The Newey car that debuted at Spa, when the winning streak began, was very different to the previous version,” said Italian Piola.<\/p>\n
“Wings, floor, how it uses the exhaust gases, this new version of the RB9 was designed for the characteristics of the new Pirelli tyres.<\/p>\n
“They (the Pirelli tyres) are very different from the earlier ones, but the other (teams) only made subtle adjustments to their cars,” Piola added.<\/p>\n
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