Racecar Engineering

Not so flexible friends

he FIA introduced Technical Directive 18 at the Singapore Grand Prix, designed to curb the practice of flexing bodywork. The TD was intended to provide clarity around bodywork design details, ‘in particular front and rear wings,’ according to an FIA report.

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