Mattia Binotto assumes that the FIA shows clear double standards with regard to the flexible wings from Red Bull and the engine trick from Mercedes. Neither team had a significant impact like Ferrari did in 2019.
In 2019, Max Verstappen blatantly used the word cheat in relation to Ferrari’s engine saga after rivals questioned the Scuderia’s vastly improved powerplant.
It was alleged that Ferrari either tricked the fuel flow sensor or burned oil from the intercooler.
Although the FIA was investigating the matter, no details were released to the public; instead, the motorsport governing body entered into a secret agreement with Ferrari.
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Two years later, Red Bull and Mercedes were the focus of this year’s technical guidelines.
Earlier this year the FIA introduced a more stringent test for the flexibility of the rear wing; Red Bull was just one of several teams who have admitted they need to step up the wing to pass the new tests.
Now it is the Mercedes engine that is being questioned by competitors, especially Red Bull.
They suspect their title rivals tricked the FIA temperature sensors, which record the engine’s intake plenum temperatures while creating walls in their intake plenum that can be filled with supercooled liquid that could speed up the cooling of the air in the plenum.
But in contrast to the frenzy that surrounded Ferrari’s engine saga of 2019, this plays out rather quietly in the background.
Binotto wants to know why there is a different “attitude” when Ferrari is involved.
When asked whether he saw a contrast between the course of the Ferrari engine saga and the exposure and dealings with others, the Italian told Motorsport.com: “Without going into the subject of Mercedes engines, I would prefer others Address issues that are well known: flexible wings and tire pressure control, which required technical guidelines.
“The FIA Actions [technical directives] were necessary because there were some who interpreted the principles of the regulation differently. And all of this is no different than in 2019.
“Why are there differences in attitudes? Maybe then we were too exposed to the media and attacked by our competitors. But that is now a thing of the past. “
“I think getting the tone of 2019 is still wrong. But I think it’s important to emphasize that what happened then is no different from what is happening now and in the formula 1 always happened. “
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