After Schumacher’s crash during Practice 3 from the Melbourne GP last weekend, he was trying to move all photographers away in the hope they would not get a picture from the bottom of the front wing.
Luckily for the rest of the world, he did not succeed.
Here’s one of the shots what they still where able to make:
More info about how the system could work at: http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/
Could Ross Brawn be at it again? Did he find a serious loophole in the 2012 regulations to boost the team by what some teams have called an “illegal” F-Duct system? F-Ducts are banned in the sport, but somehow Mercedes GP managed to create a system on they’re car what gives them still the F-Duct effect, and they have used it during the 2012 Australian Grand Prix. It’s surely a boost, because both cars did very well during qualifying last grand prix. They ended up higher than last year and looked suddenly pretty strong.
The upcoming days several teams will discuss this new system with Charlie Whiting to make sure it’s within the 2012 regulations. If so, other teams will have to make such system as well, in order to stay in front of the Mercedes GP team.
It’s clear they have had some kind of advantage by using the system, which is said to be still a “driver-activated” aerodynamical change on the car, what should be illegal in the 2012 F1 regulations.
We’ll keep an eye on this F-duct system from Mercedes GP.
Aerodynamica
Mercedes chief Ross Brawn said in September 2010 that Schu, 41, has been saved from the sack because he is a seven-time champ.
But Brawn insisted: “We know there is still a lot to come because Michael is more talented than others.
“I predict we will again see the true Michael in 2011 when we’ve delivered him a better car.”
