DAWN.COM | Sport | Controversy likely to sour F1 season opener

DAWN.COM Sport Controversy likely to sour F1 season opener: "The new Brawn GP team, which has been comfortably quickest in pre-season testing, and the other two teams are using innovative but contentious rear diffusers. - Reuters/File photo. MELBOURNE: The Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams Formula One teams faced an attempt to bar them from the Australian Grand Prix on Thursday in a controversy that threatens to sour Sunday’s season-opening race.
The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said Red Bull, Renault and Ferrari had lodged protests on the grounds that the rivals’ cars did not comply with technical regulations.
The FIA said representatives of the three teams had been invited to appear before the race stewards at the Albert Park circuit.
The new Brawn GP team, which has been comfortably quickest in pre-season testing, and the other two teams have been using innovative but contentious rear diffusers – a key part that governs the quick and smooth flow of air under the car to increase down force."