Red Bull Will Not Alter Front Wing

Although many are expecting to see the Red Bull mechanics alter the configuration of their car's front wing/floor or whatever amid the new flexibility wing tests imposed by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the Austrian team's manager Christian Horner insisted the RB6 will not be changed for the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix, at Spa.

“Based on the correspondence the FIA has sent us, we believe our car still meets those criteria,” Horner was quoted as saying to the print edition of Autosport magazine.

Amid suggestions that the front wings of Red Bull's RB6 and Ferrari's F10 move too close to the ground, the FIA altered the flexibility tests for these particular parts of the car, doubling the standards. This led many to believe that the majority of teams in the paddock, not only RBR and Ferrari, will have to change the design of their front wings.

Additionally, several other theories have surfaced in the media as to how Red Bull managed to obtain such an effect from their front wings.

Some theories suggest there is nothing wrong with the RB6 front wing, and that its desired downforce-enhancing effect comes from a special design of the entire nose or the front floor. That would indeed mean Red Bull will not have to make changes to its wing, unlike its rivals who will have to redesign it.

That would create an even bigger performance gap between RBR and their rivals – in Hungary, the Red Bull drivers put one second between them and their nearest rivals Ferrari – which would more than likely kill the championship. What we're saying is that the teams' protest in recent weeks could actually play in Red Bull's favor after all.