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Rival teams are angry that Scuderia Toro Rosso has had its Cosworth V10 rev limit relaxed, we can exclusively reveal
The bonus is only available for Saturdays, which means final practice and qualifying.
Henceforth the blue and red cars can run 17,000rpm instead of the 16,700rpm that they have used until now. The limit will apply on Saturdays for the rest of the season.
Charlie Whiting told the team on Friday night, and then gave the news to the rest of the teams on Saturday morning via a Technical Directive, the 26th such document issued thus far this season.
The FIA has maintained all year that it had the right to adjust the limit in the wake of new information. Whiting says that because teams running V8s have raised their personal limits via developments during the course of the season, he wanted to adjust the V10 to maintain parity.
The decision only affects qualifying because that is when the V8 users run peak revs, and it is easy to get information on one lap. Over a race distances teams routinely adjust the limit to suit circumstances.
The news caused consternation at Midland, and the team has tried to rally support to get the decision changed.
"It’s a big joke," Midland boss Colin Kolles told SPEEDtv.com. "What else do you want me to say? They should move it down, and not up. We will have a meeting and discuss it afterwards. We will try to fight against it, we will not accept it."
Frank Williams told SPEEDtv.com: "We are very unhappy about it." He pointed out that despite its wealth the team had done no development on the engine all year, and that if it wanted to find more power, that was the best way to do it.
Mercedes boss Norbert Haug said: "I haven’t heard about it…"
Ironically despite the boost and the time penalties for the title contenders neither car made it through the first round of qualifying.