It’s been an absolute pleasure being your guest editor for the past three editions of Race Week Recap.
I hope you all enjoyed your “Motorsport Christmas” and are looking forward to the very packed month of racing we have in June!
Top Story of the Week: What F1 is clamping down on with flexi-wings at the Spanish GP
Starting from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, the FIA tells teams “No more bending the rules!”
See what I did there?
Technical Directive 018, TD018, is in response to concerns that some teams were pursuing designs that might reduce drag at high-speed, or even change the aero balance from low to high-speed, and TD018 specifically would “introduce either new or more challenging load-deflection tests for the front wing.”
The new flexibility tests will see vertical loads of 100kg applied symmetrically to both sides of the car, with deflection of no more than 10mm permitted. When the vertical load is applied to just one side of the wing, the deflection must be no more than 20mm.
Though the FIA changes to front-wing testing were decided in January, they delayed the introduction of the tests to give teams more time to find loopholes, I mean, give teams more time to adapt their wing designs.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella was quoted “The MCL39’s performance does not come from one single area, but it’s instead a cumulative effect from the philosophy of the car.”
Don’t expect any crazy changes in the grid order just yet 😉
The Rest of the Stories This Week:
- Alex Palou Wins Indianapolis 500 for First Oval Victory, Immortality
- Indy 500 Draws Biggest TV Rating Since 2008 in FOX Debut
- INDYCAR Issues Post-Race Technical Violations and Penalties
- Gatorade grabs F1 sprint naming rights in landmark PepsiCo partnership helmed by Sting
- Ross Chastain makes history, fighting from last to first to win the Coca-Cola 600
- The Double DNF: Kyle Larson’s day ends in a Coke 600 pile-up
- Doonan: IMSA in ‘Constant Talks’ With ACO/FIA on Future Path
- UNPREDICTABILITY IN MOTOGP: 11 winners in a row at Silverstone
- Qualifying for Isle of Man TT gets under way
- FIA World Rallycross Championship: Live and Free
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