The FIA goes ahead with its plans to ban the blown diffuser

The FIA has confirmed to the teams it won't reverse its decision to ban the diffuser blown this season. Its aim is to have everything ready so that from the award of Great Britain these systems becomes a better life in formula one. The original plan was to have prevented its use from the Grand Prize of Spain, but then had to move back in its intention to prohibit such a system.
In Autosport indicate that they have knowledge that the FIA wrote to the teams on Saturday morning in Montreal commenting them that continued forward with its plans to ban the use of the blown diffusers. The regulatory body shall not be so easily.
As a result of the meeting of the F1 technical working group, on Thursday in London, FIA indicates that it intends to ban them from the Grand Prix of Great Britain and change the technical regulations for 2012 to outlaw them altogether.
Williams, Sam Michael, technical director confirmed that the teams have been informed of this:

The FIA has made very clear its position. Charlie Whiting said that the blown hot and cold will be banned from Silverstone. By 2012 the exhaust system must be behind the rear axle, specifically 330 mm rear, right in the back of the diffuser. This means that leakage will not have any influence on the diffuser.

Charlie Whiting for his part, said that the FIA took letters in the matter because they were concerned to equipment be abusing this detail:

For us it was evident in the wake of the data, which for us was relatively benign was becoming something that was being used, in our opinion, illegally. The purpose of an exhaust system is to expel the gases of the engine, but if when you are not giving gas still working, already not is fulfilling its original mission. It happens to influence the aerodynamic characteristics of the car. We believe that, without a doubt, infringed article 3.15 of the technical regulation.

The question then is, if they have doubts as to its illegality, why they have been slow both in action? In the case of the rear wing of Ferrari took 24 hours to ban it, having previously approved its use. In his view, it violated the "spirit of the rule". On the other hand, with the rear diffusers have gone four Grands Prix, or what is the same, more than a month and a half. And all so happy.
I call that consistency to regulate. In this sense the FIA is second to none. This agency is one of the great evils of formula one. The other is Bernie Ecclestone and his continuing globalization of competition, that does not have another purpose that fill the Pocket regardless of replace mythical circuits by tilkodromos that are clones each other.

GP of Monaco F1 2011: first free moved with Vettel ahead

GP Monaco 2010 - Sebastian Vettel
Gives equal to be KERS, which not, allowing the DRS that turns loose the RedBull no… are where they want and when they want, and this has been demonstrated Sebastian Vettel, first classified in the first session of the Monaco Grand Prix-free. Also the German has completed more laps than usual, while by contrast Mark Webber has only been with 3 turns to Monaco, perhaps because of mechanical problems. Fernando Alonso has been second to 113 thousandths of the RedBull.
When Webber came out of the box to give the typical stages of installation we saw him too slow, so that hardly reached the position in the pitlane, going almost to the idling. As always, If there are problems in RedBull there is Mark Webber to absorb them. We have seen the very spirited Ferrari and I would say that competitive in view of the marked time. Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have also been long track rolling with consistent and fast times.
Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso were the only ones to fall 1: 17 at this meeting, time that we will see lower in each training session to be depositing more rubber on the track. The more spin the cars, better times will see between now and Saturday. Behind these two, which in the last minutes of the meeting had a give-and-take with the return which would be better at this meeting, we are Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg (in the second row of Friday)Hamilton and Button in the third, Maldonado and subtle in the fourth and Petrov and Schumacher in the fifth.
Itbeen not been absent too the Renault in this first session of free, which always is important to take the point on the runway, adjust the development of the single-seat and return to find the limits, which in Monaco is also different from the rest and it shows at the beginning of the meeting on Thursday. Provided that we came here we see how pilots go out, give a spin to see how everything is and get into the box, passing a ratillo until they go back to the track.
That Yes, this time seems that Ferrari found the faster setup than on other occasions, but the best will come to 2 p.m., and Saturday for granted. Both Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso have given many laps (24 each) and have been adjusting more and more. Two Mercedes GP pointed high as it has done Nico Rosberg, while Michael Schumacher has come out of track in his final attempt, losing control of the braking in Santa Devota and impacting against the protections. The does not cause, in my has given me the impression of rear wheels without pressure, tapping or something. They already confirmed because he has been regular and also seems a steering failure simply.
vitantonio liuzzi has not escaped kiss the guardarrailes, this time to the end of the tunnel in the middle of lowered and braking for the chicane, where he lost (probably because it was not too well) the rear and is injured directly, breaking the nose and leaving the meeting halfway. Both HRT in the tail of the provisional classification with many rounds in the bag for Karthikeyan.
The typical story of Monaco is that something to happen with the streets. Or the lid of a culvert, is lifted or someone is left an open tap and gets wet runway. Indeed, this is the red flag of the day, a water leak has left a reguerito on the track, full line of goal, causing that the technicians of the place have had to go where it was the aforementioned source and… well screw the nut. I think that the culprit was tito Bernie, who wants to impose the wet track "by surprise", but they have been caught.
Anecdotes aside, an interesting meeting, with many laps in general, and the two Ferrari fastest four, Vettel at the helm as always, Webber with mechanical problems (we believe confirmed), Mercedes GP, McLaren strong as expected. Others see it in the following table, but in general few surprises in the installation session except again seventh Maldonado. We will see at 14: 00 what's cooking, surely we have more and more interesting to have.

According to Nick Heidfeld, ahead is sometimes too easy

In the long debate on whether there are more overtaking in 2011 than before, if the new F1 rules favor the show or do more artificial, opinions are divided almost equally. It is not so common it is to see how a pilot of F1 as nick heidfeld said yes, to bring forward is sometimes too easy.
In an interview with the RTL after good performances picked (at least in Malaysia) by the German pilot veteran, Quick Nick says that the new rules of the Formula 1 benefit overtaking. With the lace that if "sometimes too easy".
According to Heidfeld, in the past advance was a special maneuver (very of agreement) and it was conducted in conditions like before having a pilot with the wheels in the strips. Now gives equal that the tire is hot or cold, which try to overtaking on the inside or by fuera… There are more overtaking, but no more worked, that is what I understand of the words of Heidfeld. And not without reason, but the show is the show.
In my opinion, that overtaking will be facilitated by the use of the DRS and the KERS does not mean that we should not work the approximation, though obviously (and objective), risks to surpass an opponent are minor. The example, the accident of Fernando Alonso in Malaysia impacting against the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton.
Anyway, for para adelantar advance it must be achieved, and reached once there is to find the right time and carry out the manoeuvre perfectly. Overtaking by the DRS have been, but that doesn't mean that all attempts have been successful. Or much less, right?