Apr14Media Watch: 14th April 2009Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Meda Watch Add you commentBREAKING NEWS:Evening StandardRory Byrne is Half An Inch TallIn a shocking revelation this afternoon Ferrari consultant Rory Byrne has admitted to being only half an inch tall. He let slip this astonishing news when being interviewed about the impending decision over the ‘trick’ diffusers of Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota. During the interview he commented that the Brawn GP diffuser is illegal because you can see parts of the suspension when the car is viewed from beneath. At first this led the interviewer to think that there was another spy scandal brewing because of Bryne having this information. The interviewer dug a little deeper and eventually Rory had to admit that it was because he is only half an inch tall and was able to sneak underneath see the design of the Brawn BGP001 when it was sitting in the garage. “After all, how else would I have known what the BGP001 looks like from underneath” he was quoted as saying.…All the talk today is obviously about diffusers, we aren’t due to hear the decision from the FIA appeal court until Wednesday afternoon but the hearing will start at 11am today. There isn’t much I can say on the whole thing that hasn’t been said already so below is a few different interesting stories about today’s events.The FIA Court of Appeal - is it really important?Views on the Diffuser IssueButton Confident of Victory in the Diffuser RowRacing Gets its Day in CourtBrawn Optimistic Ahead of Diffuser DayThe World Title Could Be Decided TomorrowDiffuser Crunch Time… and one story not related to the diffuser hearing … PitpassFerrari Sets Up Working GroupNot strictly Brawn GP related but I thought this needed comment. It looks like Ferrari is about to set up a new team within their team whos’ job it is to basically redesign their 2009 car to the point that they will probably end the season with a car very different from the one they have now. This of course will introduce massive new costs that they didn’t anticipate at the start of the season and I find it funny that despite all the cost cuts this season that their budget could be set to surge. There are some striking similarities between this and the 1998 season when McLaren started off the season with a very dominant car. I read one that Ferrari brought updates to every one of the 1998 Grand Prix and it is my opinion that the 1998 season Ferrari then set a precedent that other teams had to match to keep up and this was the start of the really big spending in Formula 1.ShareThisd-day, diffuser, f1, ferrari, fia apeal court, parisDiffuser-Gate: Wha?Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Technical 2 commentsUPDATE: Decision announced, Diffusers Are Legal…If you are confused about the rules governing the diffusers you are not the only one but one person who understands them perfectly is Ross Brawn which is quite likely why the Brawn GP cars are doing so well.It has recently emerged that Ross Brawn approached the Overtaking Working Group (OWG), the the group of engineers that were working to design the new 2009 regulations, more than a year ago and informed them that these regulations were open to being exploited in and Ross even suggested fixes to the rules to prevent this whole saga from occurring in the first place. However the OWG which consisted of top engineers from several Formula One teams did not address his concerned and they are now paying the price. So whats this business all about? Well I have done my best to explain it all in layman’s terms below, if you want a more technical description then read this blog entry but its pretty heavy duty stuff so if your less technically minded I think my attempt will probably do you just fine.
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Apr14Media Watch: 14th April 2009Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Meda Watch Add you commentBREAKING NEWS:Evening StandardRory Byrne is Half An Inch TallIn a shocking revelation this afternoon Ferrari consultant Rory Byrne has admitted to being only half an inch tall. He let slip this astonishing news when being interviewed about the impending decision over the ‘trick’ diffusers of Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota. During the interview he commented that the Brawn GP diffuser is illegal because you can see parts of the suspension when the car is viewed from beneath. At first this led the interviewer to think that there was another spy scandal brewing because of Bryne having this information. The interviewer dug a little deeper and eventually Rory had to admit that it was because he is only half an inch tall and was able to sneak underneath see the design of the Brawn BGP001 when it was sitting in the garage. “After all, how else would I have known what the BGP001 looks like from underneath” he was quoted as saying.…All the talk today is obviously about diffusers, we aren’t due to hear the decision from the FIA appeal court until Wednesday afternoon but the hearing will start at 11am today. There isn’t much I can say on the whole thing that hasn’t been said already so below is a few different interesting stories about today’s events.The FIA Court of Appeal - is it really important?Views on the Diffuser IssueButton Confident of Victory in the Diffuser RowRacing Gets its Day in CourtBrawn Optimistic Ahead of Diffuser DayThe World Title Could Be Decided TomorrowDiffuser Crunch Time… and one story not related to the diffuser hearing … PitpassFerrari Sets Up Working GroupNot strictly Brawn GP related but I thought this needed comment. It looks like Ferrari is about to set up a new team within their team whos’ job it is to basically redesign their 2009 car to the point that they will probably end the season with a car very different from the one they have now. This of course will introduce massive new costs that they didn’t anticipate at the start of the season and I find it funny that despite all the cost cuts this season that their budget could be set to surge. There are some striking similarities between this and the 1998 season when McLaren started off the season with a very dominant car. I read one that Ferrari brought updates to every one of the 1998 Grand Prix and it is my opinion that the 1998 season Ferrari then set a precedent that other teams had to match to keep up and this was the start of the really big spending in Formula 1.ShareThisd-day, diffuser, f1, ferrari, fia apeal court, parisDiffuser-Gate: Wha?Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Technical 2 commentsUPDATE: Decision announced, Diffusers Are Legal…If you are confused about the rules governing the diffusers you are not the only one but one person who understands them perfectly is Ross Brawn which is quite likely why the Brawn GP cars are doing so well.It has recently emerged that Ross Brawn approached the Overtaking Working Group (OWG), the the group of engineers that were working to design the new 2009 regulations, more than a year ago and informed them that these regulations were open to being exploited in and Ross even suggested fixes to the rules to prevent this whole saga from occurring in the first place. However the OWG which consisted of top engineers from several Formula One teams did not address his concerned and they are now paying the price. So whats this business all about? Well I have done my best to explain it all in layman’s terms below, if you want a more technical description then read this blog entry but its pretty heavy duty stuff so if your less technically minded I think my attempt will probably do you just fine.