F1 teams respond to FIA's impending clampdown on “rubbery nose boxes”

Governing bo📖dy the FIA has issued a technical directive warning teams that it will be paying extra attention to the flexibility of bodywork on cars, particularly front and rear wings, starting from 𒉰the next race in Singapore.
It comes amid su✅spicions in the paddock that some teams are bending article 3.2.2 of the technical regulations, which states that “all aerodynamic components or bodywork influencing the car’s aerodynamic performance must be rigidly secured and immobile”.
It adds that parts “must u♛niform, solid, hard, continuous, imperviou𓂃s surface under all circumstances.”
The technical directive is not🐼 t🌼hought to be aimed at one team in particular.
Speaking during Friday’s team principals pr𒁏ess conference at the Italian Grand Prix, leading team bosses backed the FIA's intervention.

"It's not something that affects us, but we've seen a few rubbery nose boxes, shall we say. So, we'll see tho﷽se get addressed, I guess, in Singapore,” said Red Bull’s Christian Horner.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella commented: "The FIA, they have a lot of information, and they can see things that other teams can'tℱ see in terms of inspecting cars.
"They are very competent, so we 100% trust their judgement and ღtheir approach. And, if they thought that it was the time to release a technical directive, then it means that there𝓡 is a reason for that.
"We're not very concerned about that, to be honest. So we tak♊e the positive that, if the FIA felt it was needed, it means that there is something to clamp down. And for us, I think it is good news.”
Meanwhile, Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur said: "We have to trust the FIA that if they consider that they have to do the TD, it is because the r♒egulation was not clear enough. And we trust the FIA in this direction."

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