Csmith1980 wrote: ↑06 Feb 2022, 12:27
Stu wrote: ↑06 Feb 2022, 12:18
Csmith1980 wrote: ↑06 Feb 2022, 09:56
But the rules were changed for them and gaming/subverting the rules/regulations is something of a Redbull forte so it’s all swings and roundabouts.
It doesn’t make it right.
There is a very fine line between exploiting/exploring loopholes and subverting the rules (that you have agreed to abide by) for a performance gain.
In a couple of years we will see a regulation change that will ban tyre blankets. We will see teams ‘inadvertently’ leaving tyre sets out in sun-traps to heat them. Which will be fine (until another team complains about garage locations & an unfair advantage being gained), until it becomes regulated against. At which point it will become an attempt to subvert the rules….CHEATING!!
I’m not sure you could call Redbulls past exploits “exploring loopholes” though. DAS was exploring a loophole, plasticine rear wings were specifically designed to subvert the rules/regulations that were in place. All off which makes it difficult to be critical of one teams antics while defending another’s without it looking like bias.
I’m not defending any team.
Just pointing out that all teams sign up to the same technical and sporting regulations and that blatantly subverting those AGREED rules should result in a fair penalty (regardless of who is doing the subverting). It is a real shame that PU’s are not included within the budget cap.
Oh, plasticine wings (particularly at the front) are really being jumped on this year, there are load tests specified for all wing elements (front and rear).
The Red Bull flexing front wings got fairly rapidly jumped on (and correctly so); the rear wing flex that almost all teams were using in the early part of last season were passing load tests. As was the AMG rear when inspected after Brazil.
Sebastian Vettel’s flagrant flouting of track limits (back during his championship years) were not - while others received warnings; which is wrong.
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