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If this happened because Toyota tried to circumvent a rule, I'm sorry, but Toyota saving the 2012 LMP1 WEC season isn't an excuse to give them a bye or a slap on the wrist. If they broke the rules, and did so willingly, rules are rules and the punishment has to be the same for Toyota as it would be for any other team.
If the ACO or FIA dropped the ball on this, it's their fault and it's up to them to fix it, be declaring the Toyota wing legal and letting teams make their own versions, or declaring it illegal post LM and let Toyota keep their wins and points, which would be fair if the ACO or FIA screwed this up.
Or this could be the ACO or FIA (and maybe Toyota) trying to save face since this ended up getting a lot of media attention, especially in Europe and Japan. Eurosport and DSC and RCE mentioned the Toyota wing's movement several times, and Japanese commentators and motorsports writers mentioned it, and that couldn't have pleased the management of TMC happy to hear Japanese motorsports print and TV commentary speculating on the legality of a Toyota branded car.
Either way, I can't see how anyone's head isn't going to end up on someone's chopping block, unless the ACO and FIA let it slide, which won't make a lot of people happy either.
Almost any way you slice it, someone's feelings at best are gonna get hurt, that's almost certain. Unless the ACO and FIA write this all away with a rules clarification banning the use of the Toyota rear end assembly on a race weekend after June 16, 2014, or they make it legal in LMP1.
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