Sebastian Vettel's Front Wing Flexing at the 2011 Melbourne Grand Prix (High Definition)

Sebastian Vettel's 2011 qualifying lap around the Albert Park circuit. Evidence again to prove the flexibility of the Red Bull Racing team's front wing.

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[choyothe]

Much more rake than in any other car makes the wing sit lower as it is.

[FormulaVid]

@choyothe Regardless of rake angle, there are regulations which restrict how low a wing can sit. The front wing on the Red Bull is no lower at rest than any of its opposition.

[jwilson2814]

all wings flex? doil, its the design, mixed with wind (air speed) and G forces. fool, never seen slow motion replays of Mercedes or McLarens over chicanes - especially nurbergring and catalunya?

[FormulaVid]

@jwilson2814 Good comment.

Unfortunately, it disregards the amount that this one flexes. Of course all wings flex. Almost everything does when a force is acted upon it. Red Bull's wing, however, flexes more than the regulations permit when not being affected by road surfaces.

[neeyotube]

It's not illegal to have a flexible front wing. It's illegal to run a wing that can't pass the FIA flex tests. Period.

[FlyingCC]

@MrBenrulezz Doesn't matter anyway the FIA hasn't made any ruling based on your RB hate. Facts FTW!

[keytek9]

its not called flex wehn u brea felx is wen the wing it self moves not the chassis

[dazleeders]

reason for his speed r his exits if corners, he dosent suffer with wheelspin

[foxtrotblack]

@TJD24tamebandkk no. VERY NICE COMMENT ! IS TRUE! VETTEL = RB7 AUTOMATIC

[PedraumF]

Adrian Newey is a genius: it's not the wing flexing. It wouldn't pass in the FIA tests. It's the whole nose cone.

[TJD24tamebandkk]

@Aarontheshredder Stupid comment

[FlyingCC]

UGH!!! Stop seriously just stop... It is a ridiculous argument to begin with, if any of you are the so called experts then go work for the FIA. However because you have the time to look up inane videos in YouTube to comment on I doubt you have the job. If the FIA didn't approve every aspect of the RBR Front Wing then what the hell is it doing on track? It is allowed and that is that so stop bitching about RBR and worry about why Jenson and Lewis seem to have a problem with each other?

[Aarontheshredder]

VERY CLEVER, SEBS A CHEAT TECHNICALLY SINCE NO ONE ELSE HAS THAT! IT PRACTICALLY DRIVES THE CAR FOR HIM

[serifovicrules]

That's a good view. 

[seismica]

@FlyingCC Mclaren also came up with a solution that flexed the front wing this year but that was banned on the spot even though it passed the load tests. They were 100% right to ban it, but I call that double standards. Once the FIA find out exactly how they are doing it they will ban it on the spot because it is by nature a moving aerodynamic device.

[seismica]

@FlyingCC You don't understand, a front wing creates 30% of the downforce on the car, and influences every other aerodynamic part of the car. Running it lower than allowed will a) make it more efficient b) create more net downforce by changing the characteristics of the airflow behind the front wing allowing more air underneath the car therefore feeding the diffuser and lowering the COP. It's a great solution that other teams are struggling to copy, but it's still against the rules.