Spankyham wrote:As I understood it, the RRA is a FOTA agreement and Ferrari and Red Bull (amongst others) opted out of FOTA.
It's BY FOTA - but it's not part of FOTA. Red Bull/Ferrari leaving FOTA had no bearing on their participation in the RRA - it's a contract they signed out of FOTA. If they were to break the RRA now the other teams could bring them to legal (read: normal) court.
Apparently it also could not be policed - there were complaints that Red Bull abused it, but, as I remember it, they refused to have themselves audited so nothing could be proved or disproved.
My take is that it IS policeable - but the steps outlined in the current agreement (based on what I've heard) are idiotic in that they don't police everything thoroughly. If your accountant is creative enough, it is possible to go past the intended limits without breaking the RRA.
Lastly, I'm pretty certain there was no budget restrictions or spending caps in the RRA anyway. It restricted resources such as the number of direct employees (but they could be paid as higher salary as desired).
Yep, that's how I understand it too. X hours of WT time, Y Tflops of CFD power, etc.