The FIA sees no reason to intervene and take action upon Red Bull’s apparent concern that its Formula 1 rivals’ front wings are flexing too much, according to reports.
Earlier this weekend, a report emerged that Red Bull harboured suspicions regarding Ferrari and McLaren’s front wing designs circumventing the regulation on flexing.
But although teams have admitted to the need to push the rules under competitive interests, the FIA is reported to be comfortable with the current front wing designs.
The FIA’s declaration will also ensure that the current flexibility tests to measure whether a part is legal or not through putting load to the wings will remain untouched.
The FIA will often reinforce the tests to prevent the teams pushing the boundaries too much and surpassing the limits that are in place under the technical regulations.
Along with Ferrari and McLaren, Mercedes was included in the teams that Red Bull highlighted, with the marque’s boss Toto Wolf admitting it has gone to the extreme.
“Front wings play a big role today, it’s clear,” Wolff explained. “Aero elasticity plays a big role, but so do the floors. I think it’s always the combination of these.
“You can have a front wing that flexes like a banana and passes the test, but the rest of the car just doesn’t work properly in the interaction.
“I think everybody’s trying to push the boundaries and within the regulations.
“I think what we’ve been able to do over the last three races is particularly on the right side, where we believe that we’ve made a big step and all of the aero bits that came since then.
“Maybe we’ve just been very much on the other end of where we should have been on wings and floors and all of that.”
When asked about his team filing a formal complaint, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko said it’s a “normal game in Formula 1” to complain about what rivals are doing.
However, the Austrian stalwart denied that Red Bull had lodged a compliant to the FIA over the matter regarding front wing legalities, citing that the team “noticed it”.
“We didn’t complain, but we just noticed it,” Marko told Motorsport.com. “If the car is so much faster on the straights then you can see where it comes from.
“But it went through the scrutineering, so it was okay. It has always been a problem and nearly every team is affected by it at some stage.
“One time some teams will accuse others, and then the ones that are behind are blaming the others and say that they don’t have it.
“This is a normal game as long as I am in Formula 1 and it has always been like this.”
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