Los espejos montados lateralmente sobre las tomas de aire o pontones serán prohibidas a partir del GP de China 2010. Muchos equipos han intentado utilizar el soporte del espejo para darle un uso aerodinámico.



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Outboard mirrors to be banned

By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer Thursday, April 1st 2010, 08:49 GMT

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Melbourne 2010Outboard mirrors are to be banned from Formula 1 with effect from the Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks' time, AUTOSPORT has learned, following concerns over poor visibility from sidepod-mounted mirrors creating a safety issue.

Several teams have mounted their mirrors on the sidepods of their cars for aerodynamic reasons, with Ferrari and Red Bull Racing's mirror positioning the most dramatic. But from Shanghai onwards, the mirrors will have to be fitted on the cockpit sides on safety grounds.

Drivers had said in Melbourne last weekend that they would be speaking to the FIA about the mirror problem. Several issues of accidental blocking in practice were put down to poor rear visibility.

"Everyone has got a problem with mirrors," said Sauber's Pedro de la Rosa in Australia. "The reality is that the mirrors on the sidepods, they give you very small vision of what is happening behind and they vibrate a lot so you see very little.

"So if you don't have a lot of information coming from the radio, then you have a problem. You can see when you have a car straight behind okay, but when it is two seconds behind you have no idea where it is.

"Everyone has the same problem, but since the mirrors have gone outboard this is a problem - as they are aerodynamic devices now."

But Ferrari's Felipe Massa said he was quite happy with his team's mirror design.

"I have no problem with my visibility," he insisted. "So, if it is the same I prefer to keep what I have, but we will see how it is going to be. I hope we don't lose anything moving the mirrors from one side to the other."

La prohibición de los espejos montadoslateralmente en el pontón se ha retrasado hasta el Gran Premio Español, después de que los equipos se han quejado a la FIA que no hay tiempo suficiente para efectuar modificaciones en sus coches para la próxima carrera.

¿y al fin será que los cambiarán hasta el próximo día de los inocentes?

Creo que sólo Force India tiene los espejos donde deben ir, según lo que comentaron. Aunque viendo como son las cosas, con algo que no sería tan significante, aparentemente, no creo que ellos tengan alguna ventaja

Esta iniciativa nacio tras la bloqueada del Nano a Schumi en clasificacion o que?

Al parecer es por las quejas de los pilotos de que no se puede ver por la gran vibración a la que estan expuestos, al ser casi la mitad de los equipos los que siguieron esa moda (buscando beneficios aerodinamicos), fue tomada en cuenta por las (brillantes ) autoridades de la FIA.

Ya ahora, para el GP de China, hay varios equipos con los espejos montados sobre los sidepods... no me he puesto en la tarea de revisar pero tenía la impresión que solo uno o unos pocos lo usaban ahí antes.