We had a lot of bashing of Ferrari last week (unfounded as it turns out) - now we see thaqt Mclaren are also asking for clarity on a number of other teams developments. As I said at the time - most teams will do this and shouldn't be bashed as Ferrari were...

Does anyone know who McLaren are wanting confirmation about?


Q. Do you have any concerns over the legality of the car's rear wing, ahead of the FIA inspection in Bahrain?

JN: Charlie [Whiting] is not inspecting really, but is going to continue to confirm that he's happy, which is what we've tried to do all the way through this process. It's regrettable that his plane got cancelled while leaving Sao Paulo by 24 hours because it would have been nice to take the opportunity with him and some of the other FOTA team members to finish it off [and have the inspection carried out] in the UK [before leaving for Bahrain], but we're quite relaxed about it.

We've spoken to [Ferrari team principal] Stefano [Domenicali] and some of the other team principals and colleagues there and of course everyone wants to see clarity. We're doing the same on a number of other teams' developments. There's nothing untoward about it though - we're quite confident the car is legal