After the Red Bull F1 team alerted the FIA about a technique by teams to protect the skid blocks/floor planks beneath their cars, the FIA issued a technical dir
instructing teams to cease using such methods. Ferrari, currently leading Red Bull in the Constructors' Championship in second place, has acknowledged the FIA's request and made the necessary adjustments to its car's floor design in response.
In response, the FIA released a technical directive addressing the use of techniques aimed at protecting the plank, which some teams viewed as exploiting a potential regulatory loophole. Red Bull argued that such practices violated the rules. While Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur acknowledged the FIA's request to make the changes ahead of the Las Vegas GP, he also emphasized that his team had FIA confirmation that the floor was legal. He refrained from creating a controversy by pursuing the matter, focusing instead on extending the 13-point advantage over Red Bull and closing the gap to championship leader McLaren, who leads by 36 points in the Constructors' Championship.
“I think it was the right attitude for us not to fight, because I want to stay focused on the championship and not on this kind of discussion. But the approach was strange.” Mercedes and Alpine also confirmed the change to the floors of their cars. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff confirmed:“Yeah, we’ve had to make a little change, but I’ll be really honest, I don’t know the rest of it.”
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