Toro Rosso are under investigation by the stewards after Daniil Kvyat’s STR11 failed a front floor flex test.
FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer confirmed that Kvyat’s car was subjected to a test after qualifying and after his front floor was found to flex more than the maximum 5mm allowed, has been referred to the stewards.
If the stewards deem Toro Rosso guilty of a technical infringement, Kvyat could be disqualified from qualifying and forced to start the Monaco Grand Prix from the back of the grid.
Kvyat was set to start the race from eighth on the grid, having qualified ninth but promoted one place following Kimi Raikkonen’s grid penalty.
The technical delegate’s statement is as follows.
A front floor deflection test was carried out on car number 26.
A vertical deflection under a vertical load of 4000 newtons exceeded 5mm. As this is not in compliance with Article 3.17.5, I am referring this matter to the stewards for their consideration.
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
28th May 2016, 17:55
Lol, this guy cannot get a break. After some amazing laps.. Slamm dunk penalty.
4000N is quite a lot. What part of floor generates that much DF?
Gabriel (@rethla)
28th May 2016, 18:41
@jureo Nothing. Its just the max allowance for flex being defined like that.
regs (@regs)
28th May 2016, 18:01
Not a single qualification this season without technical problems due to team’s fault.
markp
28th May 2016, 19:31
Driver is part of the team, they benefit from teams design and rightfully suffer when there is a car issue.
totowolf
28th May 2016, 18:11
so we have verstappen and kvyat near each other at the back of the grid…. should be interesting.
mike
28th May 2016, 18:41
you are damn right !!!
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
28th May 2016, 19:26
Currently Kvyat is at 8th place, which is the 4th row of the grid, and Verstappen is on the 11th row.
One point that hasn’t been addressed is why this deflection has suddenly failed when the car passed scrutineering at previous races? Is this under the control of the mechanics, or is this a sign of something like metal fatigue in the structure of the chassis?
TheBullWhipper (@thebullwhipper)
28th May 2016, 19:39
Except it’s carbon fiber!
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
29th May 2016, 1:55
Kvyat said he thought the reason for the increased flexing was because he’d hit a curb harder than he was supposed to. If the underlying reason was because he’d damaged something made of Carbon Fibre, then wouldn’t that also mean it was unsafe to be used for racing?
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
28th May 2016, 22:53
Probably just manufacturing error.
Henry
28th May 2016, 22:54
Verstappen wil start from the pits due to a chassis change..