he FIA has once again had to issue a Technical Directive aimed at reducing the flexibility of bodywork components, notably the fixation points of the front and rear wings. Flexible bodywork is nothing new – all teams and manufacturers have tried it with varying degrees of success. The idea is to make a component stiff enough to withstand the load deflection test, but then bend at speed. The problem is that the FIA load deflection tests are well known so, as long as
