The Red Bull team has been seen forced to make changes to her car to eliminate a system that would have allowed him to change the floor heights of the car between qualifying and the race during the season, according to the BBC, a fact that is totally prohibited and would alter the parc ferme regulations.
The rivals had alerted the FIA ​​of the existence of a device in the cockpit of single-seaters to adjust the height from the front part of the floor of the car, reported the English media, which details that Red Bull itself would have recognized that this device exists, “although it is inaccessible once the car is assembled and ready to race.”
This Setup change would have given Red Bull an aerodynamic advantagesince the teams have to maintain the same height from the floor of their car both in qualifying, where they barely have five liters of gasoline, and in the race, when they have more than one hundred liters.
Therefore, in case Red Bull could adapt its heights depending on whether they were going to carry out the ‘quali’ or the race, This would positively and greatly affect the aerodynamics of the car.by being able to lower the car during qualifying to have more aerodynamics and then raise it so that the ground would not touch the asphalt during the race.
The part in question that could be adjusted It was the so-called “bib” or “tea tray”, the front part of the floor in the center of the carwhen, according to the FIA ​​in a statement, “any adjustment to the clearance of the front bib during parc fermé (closed park) conditions is strictly prohibited by the regulations.”
“While we have not received any indication that any team employs such a system, “The FIA ​​remains vigilant in our continued efforts to improve oversight of the sport.”the FIA ​​stressed in a statement just a few days ago.
