Ferrari: no plans to change front wing

Eight of the 11 Formula One teams have sent a letter to the governing body requesting it to review the issue of flexing wings and issue clearer guidelines, after television footage has shown the Ferrari front wing to deflect under increasing speed.

The behaviour of the wing could be considered to contravene the spirit of the rules - despite the fact that they pass the FIA deflection tests and have been deemed legal by the governing body.

Following meetings between key technical figures at Sepang with FIA officials and Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn, some suggestions have been made that Ferrari agreed to change their front wing for the upcoming race, the Australian Grand Prix.

But a Ferrari spokesman has made it clear the team would not change anything unless they are required to by the FIA.

"Ross never said this, and we have no reason to do it," the spokesman told autosport.com, when asked if Brawn had committed Ferrari to bring an altered front wing to Melbourne in ten days' time.

"We simply said that we will comply with whatever the FIA requires. Whatever the FIA asks us to do, we will comply.

"If the FIA decides to change the flexibility tests, we will do what is necessary."

Brawn himself was adamant on Friday that the current FIA deflection tests are accurate enough and did not require a change.

"It's accurate enough," the Briton said when asked about the accuracy of the testing method employed by the FIA.

"It's a device, they put a load on it, and they measure the deflection. It's an accurate enough process, and we all have a set of rules that we comply to."