The FIA has taken steps with Red Bull to ensure that the ride height adjustment system, which is in the cockpit on the RB20 and not outside like on other single-seaters, is sealed when the car is in Parc Fermé. Nikolas Tombazis, single-seater technical director at the federation, considers the subject closed.
“During the previous race, it was brought to our attention that certain designs could allow the height of the front of the car to be changed, what some call a bib, in Parc Fermé” Tombazis said. “We had no indication or evidence that anyone was doing anything like that.”
“It would clearly be illegal under the Parc Fermé regulations. But as I said, we had no clear indication that anyone was doing such a thing, so we said that from this race it There should be no possibility of doing such a thing.”
“If a team has a design that would allow a rapid change of this height, it must be sealed so that they cannot have access to it in the Parc Fermé. I think all the teams have respected this rule and, in As far as we’re concerned, the situation is reasonably under control.”
“I think it’s no longer an issue from now on. I think we’ve done everything necessary to ensure that there are no charges, and then of course, it’s a close championship and people are pretty excited about other people’s cars.”
“We cannot definitively close the previous races or the insinuations between the teams in a very competitive environment, but in the current situation we think it is a non-story, yes.”
Zak Brown and Frédéric Vasseur wonder if Red Bull could have used it. But Tombazis does not think the FIA will look into the impact this may have had on previous races. It would be very difficult to find further evidence.
“Honestly, no. We’re talking about… a few millimeters or something like that, potentially. These are very, very small numbers.”
“I don’t think it’s something we could go and verify. But like I said, we don’t have any indication or evidence or anything else of an untoward event that would have happened before.”
