RB and Alpine underwent the customary additional inspection by the FIA on their car software and both teams received the go-ahead.
The FIA will periodically randomly select cars for more detailed testing beyond the standard race weekend checks, and two cars were selected after the Canadian Grand Prix: Yuki Tsunoda’s RB and Esteban Ocon’s Alpine.
RB and Alpine pass additional FIA inspections
The FIA explained that “on-board software” was the subject of the latest tests, and confirmed that both the RB VCARB01 and the Alpine A524 passed with flying colors.
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“Race cars No. 31 and No. 22 have been selected for further thorough inspection,” the stewards’ report began.
“These inspections were conducted on the vehicle’s software. In detail, the following checks were carried out:
“In accordance with TR Article 8.5.1, the vehicle can be connected to the FIA via a jump battery.
“The software program file uploaded from the ECU matched that submitted for certification.
“All files submitted by each team relating to the electronics section of the TD 010F were compared with the car version.
“CAN Configuration.”
“FIA DTV (including whitelist parameters and FIA fixed parameters)”
“Driver default (randomly selected from each car).
“The race data provided by the teams was cross-checked with data offloaded by the FIA.
“All inspections have confirmed compliance with the 2024 F1 technical regulations.”
Alpine and RB both had a strong points-scoring performance at the Canadian Grand Prix, with Alpine recording their first double points finish of the 2024 F1 season with Pierre Gasly finishing in 9th place and Ocon in 10th place.
The ordering of the Alpine cars left Ocon frustrated, suggesting he had been a “team player” by accepting Gasly’s request to let him go first so he could attempt an attack on RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, but the team had not played their part.
Alpine later explained that Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg, who was closing in on them in 11th place, had denied Alpine a safe chance to undo their earlier position swap.
Meanwhile, Ricciardo’s eighth place finish was his first top 10 grand prix result of the season.
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