101FlyingDutchman wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 01:21
So where does loophole and spirit/intent of the rule set sit? A bit like when AMR develops a rear wing that’s within the ruleset but could seriously affect the wake pattern experienced by the car behind and therefor is against the “spirit of the rules”. F1 will stay with murky waters and teams will push the envelope both in design and finances. Nature of the beast
"Spirit of the rules" is the thing that gets mentioned a lot by some commentators/teams when it suits them but it has no real standing. The only way a design can be checked is against the written rules. If it is in compliance with those then it's legal.
This isn't new, F1 teams have been pushing the edges since day one, and some of them are well known e.g. the Brabham BT49C's lowering suspension, whilst others have been forgotten.
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