{"id":3417,"date":"2010-03-18T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2010-03-18T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T13:15:13","slug":"fia-to-tell-more-teams-to-alter-diffusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/fia-to-tell-more-teams-to-alter-diffusers\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA to tell more teams to alter diffusers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is expected that two more teams will be asked by the FIA to alter their double diffuser designs prior to scrutineering for next week&#8217;s Australian grand prix.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the season opener in Bahrain last weekend, we reported that McLaren had been told that the diffuser fitted to its MP4-25 may not reappear in Melbourne.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>McLaren had reportedly aerodynamically exploited the hole for the external engine starter, making it much bigger than necessary and thereby gaining another diffuser level.<\/p>\n<p>It was said the British team agreed to revise the design for Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s El Pais newspaper said Renault and Mercedes will also have to modify their diffusers for the same reason ahead of round two of the 2010 world championship.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours also suggest that one or two other cars may also be the subject of FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting&#8217;s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed these teams exploited the fact that while FIA rules allow a hole in the diffuser big enough for an external starter, the regulations do not set a maximum size for the starter probe itself.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull designer Adrian Newey admitted he suspected at least two teams of pushing the rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will not say names, only that Ferrari is not among them,&#8221; the Briton is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is expected that two more teams will be asked by the FIA to alter their double diffuser designs prior to scrutineering for next week&#8217;s Australian grand prix. \u00a0 During the season opener in Bahrain last weekend, we reported that McLaren had been told that the diffuser fitted to its MP4-25 may not reappear in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[805,5262,5300,5284],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}