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F1 mirrors set to be moved
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April 2, 2010, Friday
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MIRROR placement on Formula One cars is expected to change after this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, putting the emphasis back on rear vision rather than aerodynamic advantage.
While no announcement was made by F1 authorities, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel and Williams' Rubens Barrichello both said yesterday that mirror placement would be changed for the following race in China.
"As far as I'm concerned it's agreed that we need better visibility, so the change could come as early as the next race," Barrichello said.
"Everyone is having problems with the mirrors and hopefully we are going to get that changed quite soon."
Drivers have complained that having mirrors on the sidepods of the cars, to aid aerodynamics, makes them vibrate too much and provides poor rear vision.
The change would move the mirrors back inward, onto the main body of the chassis, adjacent to the cockpit, where they would be less subject to vibration.
Vettel was concerned that the change may cost Red Bull its speed advantage over the rest of the field, with all teams having to make aerodynamic adjustments as a result.
Asked about the general reliability of his car yesterday, Vettel said: "We are much more concerned that from the next race we'll all have to run the mirrors inboard and our car is losing quite some performance due to that."
While no announcement was made by F1 authorities, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel and Williams' Rubens Barrichello both said yesterday that mirror placement would be changed for the following race in China.
"As far as I'm concerned it's agreed that we need better visibility, so the change could come as early as the next race," Barrichello said.
"Everyone is having problems with the mirrors and hopefully we are going to get that changed quite soon."
Drivers have complained that having mirrors on the sidepods of the cars, to aid aerodynamics, makes them vibrate too much and provides poor rear vision.
The change would move the mirrors back inward, onto the main body of the chassis, adjacent to the cockpit, where they would be less subject to vibration.
Vettel was concerned that the change may cost Red Bull its speed advantage over the rest of the field, with all teams having to make aerodynamic adjustments as a result.
Asked about the general reliability of his car yesterday, Vettel said: "We are much more concerned that from the next race we'll all have to run the mirrors inboard and our car is losing quite some performance due to that."
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