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Newey: Rule change led to slow start
Adrian Newey says Red Bull endured a difficult start to the 2012 F1 season due to a last minute rule change by the FIA that forced the team to change its exhaust system.The technical whizz has revealed that his team had discovered a loophole it planned to exploit as it looked for a way to deal with the FIA's decision to ban blown diffusers.It meant the team was forced to go with a conventional exhaust design at the start of the year and Newey admitted it had been a set-back that he hadn't expected to face."It set us back further than we thought," he told Auto Motor und Sport. "When we looked at the new rules, we thought the effects would be less severe, especially because we...
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