{"id":3101,"date":"2010-03-12T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2010-03-12T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T23:33:49","slug":"todt-not-stepping-into-to-solve-knee-gate-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/todt-not-stepping-into-to-solve-knee-gate-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Todt not stepping into to solve knee-gate saga"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jean Todt on Friday ruled out stepping in to end F1’s new ‘knee-gate’ controversy.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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The FIA’s Charlie Whiting this week declared legal an innovation on the 2010 McLaren that gives Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button a straight-line advantage.<\/p>\n

It is believed the drivers use their left knees to shut off airflow in order to ‘stall’ the rear wing of the car.<\/p>\n

Some teams – including Red Bull, Ferrari, Renault and Williams – believe the design contravenes the rules about moveable aerodynamic devices, even though the only moving part is the driver’s body.<\/p>\n

‘Spirit of the regulations’ or not, the situation means teams will now deploy resources to also exploit the loophole.<\/p>\n

“Everyone is going to go and do it, no one will have an advantage, we will go and spend loads of money — and for what?” new team Lotus’ technical boss Mike Gascoyne told PA.<\/p>\n

But at the Sakhir circuit, FIA president Todt said he had confidence in Whiting’s ruling.<\/p>\n

“I think they did a very good job.\u00a0 I totally trust the people that have to judge it,” added the Frenchman.<\/p>\n

Todt also told reporters that he is “very in favour” of reinstating a 107 per cent qualifying rule in formula one, but admitted that it might have to wait until 2011.<\/p>\n

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