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What happened at Spa? All I heard was Julian misunderstanding the rules and shouting about it. Edit: Ah they had the crash, but a crash is no reason to stop racing of course.

And yes it's nice enough that they put a car on the grid but that does not protect them from deserved criticism. This tyre test is meant to find a direct improvement for the privateer teams. By not participating they are giving their competitors unnecessary advantage and will have to spend time during race weekends to understand any changes made to the compound. Furthermore, seeing as every other team is competing and even ByKolles, it can't be that much of an expense either. The team clearly still has a lot of learning to do so any extra running outside of race weekends can only be massively helpful. There is simply no good reason whatsoever to not participate.

Also I question the choice of a chassis and engine seperately, both of which were already manufactured late enough for their respective intended partners. But ok, we can chalk that up to a bold move and compliment them for taking on the challenge. But something is clearly hampering them because even without their obvious weak link of Hedman they are still not competitive. It seems clear the team still doesn't fully understand the car which only makes it more baffling they decline to take part in a (apparently) cheap test!