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Quote from aiwa's comment: "...spend anxious hours before or after a race awaiting a decision from an indivual whose interpretations on a cars eligibility differ from event to event".
I know the FIA Annex K, and in general it is quite clear, based on the main principle "everything which is not expressly allowed is prohibited". Any competitor spending "anxious hours" after a race knows that his/her car is either outside the rules, or extremely borderline, or in a kind of "grey area", so what? If a car is really illegal, disqualification is okay; if it is borderline by using all allowed tolerances, everybody should be aware of the risks (see F1); and if one is not sure whether a certain item is legal or not, check it beforehand with the technical officer of your national MSA or directly with FIA.
Scrutineers are independant, but not totally free in their decisions, they are not making the rules, they have to follow them. And if sporadically a scutineering official finds it necessary to create own rules, or to interprete them in his very own personal manner, there is always the possibility of appeal.
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