In Belgium, Renault were the latest team to introduce their version of McLaren's innovative F-duct system. It has worked well over the course of the weekend, helping the car achieve very competitive straight-line speeds on Spa's long straights, with some estimating it to be worth over 0.5s of lap...»
In Belgium, Ferrari have been running a modified diffuser and floor, which are similar to the ones used by McLaren and Renault. The size of the longitudinal inlet is shown clearly by the amount of visible road surface (see area highlighted in yellow). There are two longitudinal fairings in order to...»
The FIA carry out load tests to check whether a car's floor flexes beyond the permitted 5mm (yellow highlighted area) under a 200kg load. The test, which uses a piston in the centre of the floor, was introduced at the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix following the controversy surrounding Ferrari's 'moveable'...»
The front wing must be no lower than 75mm above the reference plane, which is the lowest point of the car without the plank (yellow dotted line). To check compliance with this rule, prior to this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, in scrutineering a load of 50kg was applied to the endplates (smaller red...»
Ferrari have brought a new lower-downforce rear wing to Belgium, which will be used by Felipe Massa during qualifying and in the race. The revised endplates feature Red Bull-inspired gills, while the wing's main profile has a smaller flap and no longer features a slot....»
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