F1 flexi-floor, wing clampdowns had “zero” role in Singapore struggles

Having dominated the 2023 season so far by winning every race, Red Bull found itself unable to get one of its cars into Q3 for the first time since the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. While its pace was better in the race, it failed to finish on the podium.

That surprise change of form came on the same weekend that two separate rules clarifications from the FIA came into force regarding flexible body parts. 

The first, known at TD18, tightened up…