FIA Says Rear Diffusers Used by Brawn, Toyota and Williams are Legal

The FIA International Court of Appeal (ICA) has rejected protests against the diffusers used by the Brawn, Toyota and Williams teams, after concluding that their ‘double decker’ designs comply with the 2009 regulations.

BMW Sauber, Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault had all questioned the legality of the diffusers, but following Tuesday’s hearing in Paris, the ICA decided that race stewards in Australia and Malaysia had made the right call in declaring them legal.

Full statement from the FIA:
The FIA International Court of Appeal has decided to deny the appeals submitted against decisions numbered 16 to 24 taken by the Panel of the Stewards on 26 March at the 2009 Grand Prix of Australia and counting towards the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the Court has concluded that the Stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations.

Full reasons for this decision will be provided in due course.
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MrBratwurst - 4/16/2009 4:17:42 PM

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— david969

| See? Perfectly legal. All those haters who badmouthed Toyota can go
| take a hike.

They can't because they locked themselves in lavatories to avoid the necessity of apologizing.

JUGNU - 4/16/2009 4:05:46 PM

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Toyota said they never had any doubt that their diffuser was illegal.

Now everybody especially BMW, Renault and Ferrari stop crying and quickly copy the diffusers of Toyota, Williams and Brawn.

JUGNU

M53R - 4/18/2009 5:57:09 PM

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Lets see if they are still gonna be winning when everyone adds a diffuser :)

JUGNU - 4/16/2009 4:09:47 PM

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correction: Not illegal but legal. Toyota was confident their diffuser was legal.

JUGNU

racinghart - 4/24/2009 4:37:48 AM

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Or even Michael Schumacher...