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Originally Posted by Taxi645
It did smell like trying to help out a team that was struggling earlier in the season (especially after the second stay saga). Feels a bit like the bone RB was thrown with the rear end changes after the simplified front wing hampered them the year before. Perhaps the FIA felt it needed to return the favour after last year.
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I think (and not a criticism directed at you) that the comments about changes 'favouring a team' underline how tribal the views of F1 are. (Has it always been this way?)
The focus on who benefits about a regulation change is regularly boiled down the team that gains. I think it is more about balancing the field.
How often do we see complaints (about any team) having too much of an advantage? Yes, they have done well, and deserve the plaudits and success. But long term, F1 benefits from the field being brought back closer.
So if a team has got the edge - let them have early success, but balance the field later. At this stage of the season, RBR have already got so far ahead that it would not harm the championship to see their advantage eroded.