Posted 16 February 2006 - 07:40 PM
On that note:
Mosley: the STR1 is perfectly legal
PF1
If the similarities between last year's Red Bull racer and Toro Rosso's STR1 have you questioning the legality of the latter, don't, because Red Bull's junior team can legal copy last year's RB1 as it wasn't built by the team.
According to the Formula One regulations, teams are not permitted to share designs with each other. However, that only applies if it was the team who did the designing and building of the chassis.
And in the case of last year's Red Bull RB1, it was Ford who put together the car. And, the rules state, outside sources are allowed to supply more than one team.
"My understanding is that with Ford/Jaguar, the parts were, for some obscure reason to do with tax and the internal structure of the Ford Motor Company, designed and built by a company that was not the racing team," FIA President Max Mosley told Autosport.
"If the parts are designed and manufactured by another company, and you own the intellectual property rights of the car that requires them, then it is completely legitimate.
"The thing you can't do is, if you're Williams you can't run a McLaren front wing. But both Williams and McLaren could run a Lola front wing.
"So it looks like it has come from a third company. But if somebody challenges it, then there will be an enquiry. But I'm sure they've taken advice."