The FIA has revealed how many teams were forced to modify their F1 cars in response ಞt♍o a new flexi-wing technical directive.

F1’s governing body has moved to clampdown on flexi-wings this season and introduced more stringent tests on the eve of last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix🐎.

All 10 F1 teams have had to pass tougher rear-wing flexibility tests, wi♕th a new technical directive limiting flexibility to 0.5mm, after the FIA monitored the situation at the season opener in Australia.

According to the FIA, almost half the grid had to change their rear wings in order to comply with the new rules amid a push to com🦋bat the so-called ‘mini-DRS’ saga which has brewed for several months.

“I’m hopeful it’ll be enough this time,” Tomb🦋azis is quoted b꧙y Motorsport-Total.com.

“I think four or five weren’t [compliant], an♏d they had to make changes [for China].

“We continue to use cameras, simply to be 🌜safe. But ‘safe’ is actually a word I want to avoid, because it’s a rather complex phenomenon that causꦿes this effect.

“Basically,ꦏ we mainly use the results of the load tests and combine that with the camera dat👍a.

“That🐷 way we ensure we don’t miss any tricks. Came💞ra images alone would not only lead us to involve the stewards.

“They’re more likely to initiate a more detailed investigation, where we might discover that a team is us🐬ing non-linear characteristics or a mechanism. Then we’d have reason to report it.”

Alpine were the first team to publicly admit they 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:had to make modifications, whi🔴le Haasไ also confirmed tweaks were made to the rear wing of their VF-25.

It is not known which other teams had to change their rear wings, but McLaren and Ferrari were also unders♔tood to be i✤n the spotlight.

FIA ‘have to remain vigilant’ about teams

💛Despite all the teams passing the tougher tests, the FIA is not prepared to take a relaxed stance on the matter.

“That shouldn’t be seen as arrogance – the te🐼ams are obviously still trying to get the most out of theiꦇr cars, and we have to remain vigilant,” Tombazis added

“Our view is: A car that passes the FIA tests is generally legal, unless there are hidden mechanisms or things based on non-linear properties, temperatures, or simi🦩la𓃲r things. In such cases, we intervene.

“In principle, we would never report a team that has passed the tests to the stewards. But specifically on this issue, and for precisely these reasons, the rules give us the right t✱o conduct additional stiffness tests.”

Additional fro🌃nt win🌼g tests are being introduced from the Spanish Grand Prix in June.