The TD039. On Friday at Paul Ricard, both Red Bull and Ferrari reiterated their doubts about the technical directive that will enter Belgium. What Christian Horner and Mattia Binotto did not like was the “security question” posed by the Federation on issues related to porpoising and flat bottom. In this way, the FIA, according to the provisions of article 1.2.2 of the technical regulation, can intervene even during the current season to change the rules. The safety ‘shield’ thus motivated the provisions that will start from the next Belgian GP, but also those relating to the design of the 2023 single-seaters. The latter were recently introduced on the sidelines of the Technical Advisory Committee, and having arrived in July, they would normally have a majority of 8 teams required to be approved, but the vote did not take place as it was not foreseen by the regulations, given that the actions are motivated by a safety emergency.
Legal action risk. According to what was reconstructed by the British of The Race “a team principal confided that the FIA will have to give up on some of the new rules, otherwise the most unhappy teams will rebel “. But not only that, because – continues the magazine – “Several sources have suggested that there may be a formal challenge to the FIA for the safety issue”, although the Federation’s moves do not require voting. Even the historic veto pertaining to Ferrari cannot be challenged in the face of the collective interest of safety. And so, the British write “the only conceivable measure would be drastic: legal action. The FIA’s safety interpretation could be challenged, making it a question of legitimacy. And that would be an incredible escalation, which is likely to be biased as a hypothetical position. But from different parts of the paddock it is rumored that it could be used as threat. […] Other sources, on the other hand, suggest that there would be no basis for a legal challenge, given that the FIA’s control over safety issues is absolute and enshrined in the regulation ”. But you could get a middle ground: “The teams could thus propose a sensible compromise, such as making less radical changes on the side edges of the bottom and at the height of the diffuser keel. Alternatively, they could get serious and plunge F1 into legal action ”.
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