Below you will watch a video that perfectly explains the case for the flexible floor and the measurements that will theoretically be made starting with the Belgian GP.
Below you will watch a video that perfectly explains the case for the flexible floor and the measurements that will theoretically be made starting with the Belgian GP.
You will see that there was actually no rule change. What happened is that the FIA will measure the flexibility of the floorboard below the floor as it always should have done, but it didn't do it because there was no need, since the cars, until last year, had a certain rake (front lower than the rear) and therefore the back of the floorboard never touched the ground.
That is why the FIA measured the wear of the car's board only at the front.
Now, with the ground effect, the back of the board scrapes a lot on the ground and if it flexes more than 2 millimeters it starts to act as an "aerodynamic pillow" providing more downforce, less drag, and less tire wear.
So some teams - not identified yet - started to flex this back part of the board taking advantage of the fact that the FIA was not doing the measurements it was supposed to do.
Now that the "trick" has been exposed by the FIA it is quite easy for any team to do it, so either the FIA does nothing and everyone starts using it, or the FIA starts doing all the measurements.
And according to the latest information, the FIA will start doing the measurements from the Belgian GP, and not from France as it is in the video.
The video is in English, so do the following:
1. Click on the red square at the bottom right of the video.
2. Pause the video as soon as it starts. 3
. Click on the ratchet next to that square that you clicked on earlier4
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