Suspicions linger after Newey's 'cooling slot' claim

Two authoritative sources have admitted they doubt Adrian Newey was telling the whole truth about the air inlet in the 'step' nose of Red Bull's 2012 car.

Designer Newey, the pioneer of the now-banned blown diffuser solutions seen throughout last year's grid, insisted that the mysterious letterbox-slot gap in the RB8 is simply to cool the drivers with air.