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Did McLaren cheat all year with some shady skid block trick and were caught out now?
Looks very possible right now, we might need to wait for Qatar to get a confirmation. If they have to raise their floor, they will be a bit slower, and the reason will most likely be this.
is there any reason to believe the FIA changed something about the tests they do every week?
I normally wouldn't expect this to have much influence, apart from the mental side maybe, getting overly cautious, like Mercedes was in Interlagos two or three years ago.