Bojan Vrbnjak
In front of Onboard recordings circulating after social networks, the public also met the famous Mercedes system THE, miracle steering wheel c silver arrows, which changes by pulling towards itself and pushing back tilt the front wheels race car W11. Much has already been said and written about what came out of this. Hot debates and countless questions have no end or place. You could say that the tests - at least the first part - are literally pushed into the background.
Pri Mercedes they tirelessly claim that it is legal system and yes FIA knows about it. Helmut Marko, sports boss Red Bull Racing, is this Mercedes the system has already ranked honey prohibited and illegal things c Formulas 1. Now it is Mattia Binotto, team boss Ferrari, announced that they will be with the ombudsmen of the rules from FIA require an explanation and assessment of the legality of this system. “I notice that there is a lot of talk about this. I personally have not gone into the details of this system, but I think we need to trust the ombudsmen. I am sure they have already made the right decision or they will do so again."
Of course raises the question, what are you Ferrari think about this system and its legality. Have they already talked to Fio? “Not yet. We will ask for an explanation, because it is important to understand what it is all about, but as I said, we will not do anything, no matter what decision the FIA makes," so binotto. It is not yet clear at this time whether this system THE to the team Mercedes it brings some advantage, nor is it known whether it will which team - if at all - tried this system copy and enter it into your race car.
"I don’t know if it would make sense, but if we did, it would take at least until the middle of the season. On top of that, you should understand how this works and whether there is any benefit from it at all. We have no idea at the moment, but we will definitely look into it and see if it would be worthwhile to develop this system," so binotto. Asked if the system will THE decisive factor in favor Mercedesa, he replied: “Mercedes definitely has a great race car. They showed this here in Barcelona. There is a lot of innovation and I think some of their solutions are copied from Ferrari and of course vice versa. However, I don’t think the DAS will be the deciding factor, it will only be part of their great package."
