{"id":3972,"date":"2010-03-31T06:47:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2010-03-31T06:47:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T10:47:57","slug":"fia-insists-no-investigation-into-red-bull-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/fia-insists-no-investigation-into-red-bull-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA insists &#8216;no investigation&#8217; into Red Bull suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The FIA is currently not investigating the legality of Red Bull&#8217;s formula one car.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After the Renault-powered RB6 dominated qualifying in Melbourne last Saturday, McLaren&#8217;s Martin Whitmarsh hinted the car could be concealing a controversial ride-height adjustment system.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn then called for the governing body to look into the matter &#8220;just in fairness to Red Bull&#8221; due to the &#8220;accusations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it is necessary for the FIA just to clarify where we stand,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull&#8217;s Christian Horner, having denied the Adrian Newey-designed car features the system, said he would welcome the move.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss newspaper Blick, whose F1 correspondent is the vastly experienced Roger Benoit, reported this week that the FIA &#8220;is now investigating&#8221; whether the Red Bull is somehow adjusting its ride-height depending on the amount of fuel in the tank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether there is a decision before the Malaysian grand prix is open,&#8221; read the report.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport, an FIA spokesman said in Sepang: &#8220;There is no investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With rumours insisting that the Red Bull car is somehow regulating its ride height between qualifying and the race, the report said an investigation will only occur if a team lodges an official protest.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FIA is currently not investigating the legality of Red Bull&#8217;s formula one car. \u00a0<\/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":[5339,128,5262,5300,5261,5340,129,1196,164],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972"}],"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=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3973,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}