Double Decker Diffusers are legal

A follow-up from an earlier entry here. Yes the double decker diffusers are deemed legal by the FIA's International Court of Appeal. Good. Let's the get the legal bullshit out of the way and back to real racing on the track. We have already seen 2 motorsports court room dramas after just 2 races, it's more than enough for the fans.

I find the two images below quite amusing. Ross Brawn, team principal of Brawn GP is just strolling casually to the court while Pat Symonds, technical director at Renault F1's team is lugging stacks and stacks of documents to support their case.


Images from F1-Live.

Some interesting comments from F1 personalities on the whole diffuser drama :

"It would be possible to have something done to our car by the first race in Europe. But in order to find the other two or three tenths necessary to put us on a par with the three cars carrying what I believed to be an illegal diffuser will require a substantial reworking of the rear of the car. Ironically, the three would have had a much easier job converting the other way,"

Pat Symonds of Renault F1.

"What some did in nine months cannot be done by others in nine weeks. Our sporting spirit tells us: 'it is time to get to work, we accept the challenge' but we are going to need some time,"

Nobert Haug of Mercedes Motorsports.

"Only a person of supreme arrogance would think he is right when so many of his esteemed colleagues would disagree...Anyone with a command of English will tell you it’s a hole, so do not let someone attempting to be clever with words defeat the express purpose of the rules,"

Nigel Tozzi, Ferrari F1's lawyer on Ross Brawn's insistence that his designs are legal.