2009 Ferrari illegal says reports

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2009 Ferrari illegal says reports Monday, 19 January 2009 Jan.19 (GMM) Ferrari's newly launched 2009 single seater, the F60, has been declared "illegal" by a specialist German motoring publication. Auto Motor und Sport said the car, revealed last week at the Mugello circuit in Italy, features rear exhaust outlets that contravene the sweeping new technical regulations.

The magazine said some of the Italian team's rivals have noted that because of the new rules cracking down on bodywork appendages like aerodynamic winglets, exposing the exhausts in the way the F60 is designed is not allowed.

A glance at the other new cars revealed so far - the Renault, Williams, McLaren and Toyota - shows that their exhausts have all been mounted in-board.

Auto Motor und Sport said it should not be too much of a problem for Ferrari to redesign the exhaust housing, but it may help to explain the team's retreat from the Portimao group test this week to Mugello.

Officially, Ferrari decamped to Mugello because of adverse weather forecasts for this week, but the magazine said the F60 also showed a significant problem with its front wing when tested last week.

It is suggested that, in light of these challenges, Ferrari concluded that it should be conducting the car's first major test as close as possible to its Maranello base.

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Team chiefs believe Ferrari F60 is illegal Tuesday, 20 January 2009 Jan.20 (GMM) Chiefs at two formula one teams have confirmed their belief that the current specification of Ferrari's new F60 single seater is not legal. A German magazine on Monday said the newly launched car, which is being tested alone at the Mugello circuit this week, features exterior rear exhaust outlets that contravene the new technical regulations.
Norbert Haug, in charge of Mercedes-Benz racing activities, is quoted by the German news agency SID as saying he believes the Italian team "will change" the offending feature before the Australian grand prix in late March.

"Who knows, perhaps we are talking only about the launch version," he said. "Every team knows that the exhaust pipes must be covered in 2009."

Similarly, BMW-Sauber's managing director Walter Riedl said he assumes that the launch specification of the Ferrari exhaust was merely "provisional".


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managing director Walter Riedl said he assumes that the launch specification of the exhaust was merely "provisional".

I would love it if this was a genuine fuck up

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I would love it if this was a genuine fuck up

As long as they have paid this years subscription to FIA they will be fine.

[beerman]

Nothing about that car is illegal, it's a Ferrari after all. I bet they run with it for the first race and nothing will be done about it other than telling them to fix it before the next race. Kind of like a few years ago when the rear wing was flexing and therefore giving them an advantage on the straights, nothing was done about that apart from telling them to change it.

FIA = Ferrari International Assistance

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FIA = Ferrari International Assistance

Thats the chappies.

[Mobileman]

Fooking ferrari hope it costs them 600000 million to put right, same it wont :0(

[SiE]

im pretty suprised everyone else hasnt got to change theirs to meet ferraris specification.

[Brock]

Oh dear. Pity it wasn't spotted until after the first race and then they could have complained to the FIA who no doubt would have deducted points from McLaren for complaining.