THE Formula 1 suffered a small earthquake a few days before the United States Grand Prix which will be held this weekend in Austin.
On Wednesday it was leaked that there was grill equipment with a mechanism located inside the cabin that, when activated by a mechanic, allowed to change chassis height after qualifying and before Sunday’s race.
This allowed their benefits to vary depending on whether or not they needed a low fuel configuration for Saturday or a full fuel configuration for Sundayable to return the car to its natural position before delivering it to the parc ferme.
Well, according to ‘BBC’, the culprit was Red Bullwho had been “hunted” by several teams who had in turn transferred him to the commissioners.
The FIA quickly issued a statement: “Any adjustment of ground clearance between the ground and the car in parc ferme conditions is strictly prohibited by regulations“.
This is why Red Bull was forced to make changes to his car and, although he admitted the trick, it seems that you will not receive any sanction not being able to prove what happened.
“Yeah, [el dispositivo] existsalthough it is inaccessible once the car is fully assembled and ready to drive. In the numerous correspondences we had with the FIA, this item came back and We agreed on a plan to move forward.“, explained a spokesperson to the BBC.
