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'Zero chance' of FRIC agreement says Szafnauer

Force India COO Otmar Szafnauer has dismissed the idea of all eleven teams agreeing to stop using FRIC suspension systems.Last week, the FIA's Technical Delegate Charlie Whiting, wrote to the teams advising that following investigations into the systems - which are designed to transfer suspension load from front to rear as well as diagonally across the car as they attempt to control the car's pitch and roll - it is believed the systems contravene Article 3.15 of the Technical Regulations which states that the primary function of suspension designs must be to improving ride quality, with any aerodynamic benefit purely incidental.Whilst some feared that this was another move by the powers...
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