It what is definitely to be a big blow to the chasing pack, the double diffuser concept used by Brawn, Williams and Toyota have been deemed legal by the FIA International Court of Appeal. This will significantly impact the Big 4 (Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and BMW) in their quest to become world champions this year. With the Brawn GP car miles ahead of their competition you can be sure that the remaining teams will be working round the clock to get the diffuser onto their cars.
The row broke out when the top teams protested against the legality of the 'double-decker' diffusers the day before the opener at Melbourne, but race stewards rejected their claims.The diffuers generate more downforce which adds a performance advantage of 0.3 to 0.5 secs per lap. This also makes overtaking a lot harder, which was one of the main objectives with regards to the new regulations. Former World Champions Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen had also gone on to say that the Championship would be decided by this verdict.
It will take most teams a number of races to fix a diffuser to suit the car. I just hope that it is not too late for the other teams to catch up with Brawn who are clearly ahead, with Toyota not too far behind. Button has been in imperious form and unless Barrichello starts taking points off him this Championship might be over by the time we reach Valencia in August. However the rate of development of the top teams are a lot faster than anyone else so as predicted, this might just turn out to be one of the best championships in years to come, possibly even better than last year.
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