2009 F1 regulations

2009 F1 regulations

The FIA has finally published the F1 Technical and Sporting Regulations
on its website:
http :// www .fia,com /en-GB/sport/regulations/Pages/FIAFormulaOneWorldChampionship.aspx.
KERS is in, grooved dry tires are out, tire warmers are still in,
presumably the incredibly detailed bodywork restrictions reflect the
OWG's plan to reduce downforce by 50%.

The one thing that may be a surprise (although there had been some
reports of it earlier) is the provision of a driver-adjustable front
wing element to facilitate overtaking:

> 3.18 Driver adjustable bodywork:

> A single closed section situated each side of car centre line in the
> volume bounded by :
> - lines 450mm and 800mm in front of the front wheel centre line ;
> - a vertical plane which intersects these lines at a distance 250mm
> from the car centre line ;
> - and the inboard face of the bodywork described in Article 3.7.5 ;
> is allowed to change incidence while the vehicle is in motion within
> a maximum range of 6 degrees, provided any such change maintains
> compliance with all of the bodywork dimensional regulations.
> Alteration of the incidence of these sections must be made
> simultaneously and may only be commanded by direct driver input and
> controlled using the control electronics specified in Article 8.2.
> Except when the car is in the pit lane, a maximum of two adjustments
> may be made within any single lap of a circuit.

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Re: 2009 F1 regulations

Mark Jackson wrote:
> The one thing that may be a surprise (although there had been some
> reports of it earlier) is the provision of a driver-adjustable front
> wing element to facilitate overtaking:
>
>> 3.18 Driver adjustable bodywork:

Interestingly, it isn't in the Table of Contents but is in the text...
I wonder if it was in the draft and was to be pulled, but someone only
pulled it from the TOC, forgetting to edit the body of the text...


> 3.15 Aerodynamic influence
> 3.16 Upper bodywork
> 3.17 Bodywork flexibility
> ARTICLE 4 : WEIGHT
> 4.1 Minimum weight
> 4.2 Ballast
> 4.3 Adding during the race