Little guidance - again - from the FIAThe mass damper saga resumed at the Hungaroring on Thursday, when Toro Rosso presented its three cars to scrutineering with the controversial device fitted.
But the Italian team which also ran the system in its nose-section prior
to Hockenheim, elected to remove it after technical delegate Charlie Whiting said in a report on Thursday that he rejected the legality of the STR cars.
In the afternoon, it was, however, unclear whether or not championship challenger Renault would race with its own mass dampers, which reduce the effects of tyre-bouncing over kerbs but potentially fall foul of the regulation prohibiting moving parts that affect aerodynamics.
Later this month, the FIA's International Court of Appeal is set to rule on the disagreement about the legality of the system that arose in Germany a week ago.
Although Whiting has indicated that retrospective penalties are unlikely to apply if the appeal is upheld, there is no guarantee.
Renault said in its official preview this week that the dampers would therefore be re-fitted in Hungary, but - in light of the Toro Rosso situation -
Fernando Alonso confirmed on Thursday that his engineers were 'still talking about it'.
Source GMM CAPSIS International
