Alright. Enough of numbers for the time being and focus right back into Formula 1.
Today, 14 April 2009 is the date for the hearing of the F1 Teams with regards to the diffuser issues at the FIA Court of Appeal. The 3 teams concerned are : Brawn GP, Panasonic Toyota F1 and AT&T Williams Toyota F1. These 3 teams were of concern as their interpretation of the rules were different from the others by exploiting a loophole. I'd roughly mentioned about the discrepancy previousy and shall not go into it again.
What concerns is the outcome or verdict from the FIA Court of Appeal
Scenerio 1: The 3 teams were found guilty. They could possibly lose all their points earned previously and were forced to use the diffusers as stipulated without other interpretations
Scenerio 2: The 3 teams were not guilty and can resume with their diffusers. This would lead to the other teams to play catch up and re-look into the interpretations
The outcome effects: Should Scenrio 1 happens, the 3 teams will start all over again with zero points bagged. In this case, these smaller teams (except Toyota) will face it hard to compete with the bigger boys. The 3 teams had looked deeply into the rules and manage to find something that will not be penalised when used. And this works very well, over the other teams that didn't. This will prompt designers not to be innovative to come out with different radical components and hence, cap the spirits of creativity. Also, sposors for the 3 teams were definately not be too please with such a penalty to move teams from hero to zero.
Should Scenerio 2 happen, the other teams will then have to re-look into their cars once again to use the diffusers to their advantage. Of course, most of the other teams were big car manufacturers and can surely find a way to use it as soon as possible so that they can do catchup with the other teams
Honestly, whichever scenerio, I think all the teams are on the losing end. Should Scenerio 1 happen, smaller teams were heavily punish with their genius creations and could stop being creative and innovative. Should Scenerio 2 happen, the other teams will need to up their budget to re-look and use the diffuser to their advantage. With the season on-going, things will need to move fast, and that will incur a substancial cost to most of the teams. Furthermore, the initial agreement by the teams to slow the cars down were defeated with the introduction and legalising the diffuser. It's just like slapping yourself with your own hands.
The verdict will be out tomorrow. I would like to have Scenerio 1, but the teams will not have all the points taken away, but halved. This will give them some headstart and they will not have to start from zero again. The other teams will continue where they left off
However, I got a gut feel that FIA will go for Scenerio 2, as they need to protect their interest, as the stewarts for both Australia and Malaysia had cleared the cars. Besides, FIA needs smaller team to join the F1 umbrella and penalising the teams will have a serious setback to their plans
We'll wait for tomorrow then for the verdict.
Today, 14 April 2009 is the date for the hearing of the F1 Teams with regards to the diffuser issues at the FIA Court of Appeal. The 3 teams concerned are : Brawn GP, Panasonic Toyota F1 and AT&T Williams Toyota F1. These 3 teams were of concern as their interpretation of the rules were different from the others by exploiting a loophole. I'd roughly mentioned about the discrepancy previousy and shall not go into it again.
What concerns is the outcome or verdict from the FIA Court of Appeal
Scenerio 1: The 3 teams were found guilty. They could possibly lose all their points earned previously and were forced to use the diffusers as stipulated without other interpretations
Scenerio 2: The 3 teams were not guilty and can resume with their diffusers. This would lead to the other teams to play catch up and re-look into the interpretations
The outcome effects: Should Scenrio 1 happens, the 3 teams will start all over again with zero points bagged. In this case, these smaller teams (except Toyota) will face it hard to compete with the bigger boys. The 3 teams had looked deeply into the rules and manage to find something that will not be penalised when used. And this works very well, over the other teams that didn't. This will prompt designers not to be innovative to come out with different radical components and hence, cap the spirits of creativity. Also, sposors for the 3 teams were definately not be too please with such a penalty to move teams from hero to zero.
Should Scenerio 2 happen, the other teams will then have to re-look into their cars once again to use the diffusers to their advantage. Of course, most of the other teams were big car manufacturers and can surely find a way to use it as soon as possible so that they can do catchup with the other teams
Honestly, whichever scenerio, I think all the teams are on the losing end. Should Scenerio 1 happen, smaller teams were heavily punish with their genius creations and could stop being creative and innovative. Should Scenerio 2 happen, the other teams will need to up their budget to re-look and use the diffuser to their advantage. With the season on-going, things will need to move fast, and that will incur a substancial cost to most of the teams. Furthermore, the initial agreement by the teams to slow the cars down were defeated with the introduction and legalising the diffuser. It's just like slapping yourself with your own hands.
The verdict will be out tomorrow. I would like to have Scenerio 1, but the teams will not have all the points taken away, but halved. This will give them some headstart and they will not have to start from zero again. The other teams will continue where they left off
However, I got a gut feel that FIA will go for Scenerio 2, as they need to protect their interest, as the stewarts for both Australia and Malaysia had cleared the cars. Besides, FIA needs smaller team to join the F1 umbrella and penalising the teams will have a serious setback to their plans
We'll wait for tomorrow then for the verdict.