When the World Cup gets tough, the technical war is the first sign of growing tension. Between the requests to the FIA and the digs at the media, both McLaren and Red Bull are trying to put a spoke in each other’s wheels And if at the last Grand Prix it was McLaren’s turn to remove the “flexible” rear wing, at Austin it was Red Bull’s turn to explain the meaning of that T-tray placed inside the cockpit and not outsideas other teams have. The issue is still shrouded in a cloud of mystery, given that no one has fully understood how it works, but there is great turmoil among the various team principals.
“Breaking the rules of Parc Fermè is a big problem, and there should be consequences. It has already happened in various sports, from baseball to football. We trust that the FIA will propose a transparent and satisfactory solution for all the other teams. As far as I know, we’re not the only ones who have these suspicions“Zak Brown said at the press conference.
“We have full confidence in the FIA, and I think they are analyzing the process. There has been a lot of hype around the issue, but we don’t know anything until it’s investigated“, he then added in a diplomatic tone Oliver Oakes. “I worked for the FIA, so I’m sure of what he does. There are many other dark areas of the car, and Parc Fermè is not a new rule. The technicians have been checking that we don’t fix the mechanical components in that period for 15 years, so it’s not extra stress. You can change the height of the front or rear with a click, as well as the roll bar or the suspension, but the Federation monitors every moment. There are cameras and marshals in every garage all the time, from the end of qualifying until the start of the race,” he explained then Laurent Mekies.
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