Edd and Jon react to F1's surprise immediate rule change
Added 2025-03-18 10:11:39 +0000 UTCHaving just arrived in China, Edd and Jon discuss what's behind F1's surprise rule change for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.
They'll be answering your questions in a special Q&A video before the weekend kicks off so leave your questions in the comments below.
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Mathew Walker
2025-03-19 02:00:22 +0000 UTCThinking back to last year’s Chinese Grand Prix, was a definitive cause ever identified for the bizarre trackside fires in FP1 and Sprint Qualifying? If so, has anything been done to stop the issue?
Joe
2025-03-18 21:50:04 +0000 UTCGiven his lack of Albert Park experience and the problems in practice, what is a reasonable expectation for Liam Lawson's 2nd Red Bull outing?
Marios Gantzoudis
2025-03-18 19:45:56 +0000 UTCGiven that we have only had one race to get data from, how easy will it be to tell who is affected by this change?
Gavin Cameron @ the_loft_workshop
2025-03-18 15:10:41 +0000 UTCAre any of the non-big 4 teams using these flexi-wings? If they aren't, is it because it's just too late in the development cycle to do so?
Chuck Aoki
2025-03-18 14:33:17 +0000 UTCDoes the constant rule changing, however small, trigger some cost cap allowances? Surely banning bits and pieces in the ‘gray area’ teams have worked hard on exploiting must be written as a loss towards the cost cap.
Birgir Harðarson
2025-03-18 11:49:33 +0000 UTCWhy are the FIA getting so worked up by this? I'm thoroughly bored by this topic, the competitive order is very close, there doesn't seem to be any need to stymie such innovation
Greg
2025-03-18 11:35:21 +0000 UTCWhy are the flexi wings illegal? Other than it being a rule is there an inherent danger with them being made legal?
KidColtron
2025-03-18 11:31:52 +0000 UTCThis looks like another example of the FIA making rushed changes (rear wing test to allow 2mm in 2025) when it’s clear that test wasn’t stringent enough. Teams will always make cars that work to the tests not the rules, so do the FIA need to take a look at the tests rather then rush to change the numbers?
Matthew Barrett
2025-03-18 11:28:13 +0000 UTCHow much work is it for teams to comply with a change like this? Is it an adjustment or tweak of existing wings or something more fundamentally structual that has to be reengineered? A week doesn't seem like much time if it is the latter...
Paul Blake
2025-03-18 11:04:58 +0000 UTCWho do you expect to be most affected by this change?
Chris Parrott
2025-03-18 10:52:46 +0000 UTCHow is the test performed on the wing? Is the weight's load spread across the plane of the wing or put on a single point? Knew this was going to be an issue as soon as I saw flexi wing whisperer Rob Marshall on the podium
Will Johnstone
2025-03-18 10:39:42 +0000 UTCShould there not be a minimum leadtime for a TD to be effective from. Changing rules in-between fly away races feels wrong
Chris Campbell
2025-03-18 10:34:12 +0000 UTCGive us your predicted finishing order of the red bull drivers over the race weekend
Andrew Goddard
2025-03-18 10:24:51 +0000 UTCGiven the cost cap and safety tests, why are the FIA so hands on over this issue? Is it just tradition now? - surely rules on flex and testing could be significantly relaxed under the current arrangement
Gareth Anstee
2025-03-18 10:21:02 +0000 UTC
