{"id":6599,"date":"2010-06-27T10:40:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T14:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2010-06-27T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T14:40:55","slug":"2011-proximity-wing-design-is-safe-brawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/2011-proximity-wing-design-is-safe-brawn\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 &#8216;proximity&#8217; wing design is safe &#8211; Brawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;proximity wing&#8217; for 2011 has been designed with safety in mind, FOTA technical chairman Ross Brawn insists.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers next year will be allowed to press a button on the steering wheel that spoils downforce in the rear wing and thus boosts the possibility for overtaking.<\/p>\n<p>But driver veteran Jarno Trulli this weekend expressed fears that tinkering with the rear wings is a dangerous move.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes team boss Brawn, however, insists that the adjustable wing design includes a failsafe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The teams have worked on this a lot,&#8221; he said in Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Should the system fail and is no longer adjustable, the wing will be in its normal position, so there will be no downforce lost,&#8221; added Brawn.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;proximity wing&#8217; for 2011 has been designed with safety in mind, FOTA technical chairman Ross Brawn insists. Drivers next year will be allowed to press a button on the steering wheel that spoils downforce in the rear wing and thus boosts the possibility for overtaking. But driver veteran Jarno Trulli this weekend expressed fears &#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":[5262,5340,35],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599"}],"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=6599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6600,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions\/6600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}