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Originally Posted by Aysedasi
A statement like that sums up F1 quite well.....  |
And most of F1s rules. It appears many of the rules were the pretend idea of "fair play" and I'll invent my own things. If you think the first (any new part or design) wasn't immediately copied and any new hire wasn't immediately grilled on how things were done, well honestly that makes you the innocent babe.
The ruling boils down to we didn't say you couldn't do this, no where in the rules does it say what they did EXACTLY is not allowed. They did not purchase the part, they did not illegally steal the design, they didn't not solicit MB assistance AFTER the date when the part became illegal. Not adding a closure date at which ALL products before must be completely redesigned left the egg on the FIA's face. Everything Racing Point did was legal AT THE TIME they did it, the only restriction was they could not source it now. They did not, they built it when they could and took their design from what was learned. Nothing in the design says it's a direct copy but rather heavily influenced by having the previous files. There lies the problem, nothing in the rule said you must forget that. And Racing Point could show enough to skirt by hence the ridiculous we're all looking foolish because we don't stop to read the rules we wrote. Plus did they really think anyone sourcing the part last year would magically forget how it was built before? Come on, garbage assumption at its face. Renault only appealed one because they look utterly foolish with their own car and McLaren making the chassis look like junk often.
I would guess the very same thing happened with Ferrari but for the FIA's sake it was not an appeal but their own meetings with Ferrari. No appeal filed no public decision needs to be posted. If another engine builder came to them with a similar design the FIA knows enough to now shut that down.
But isn't that the way of many FIA rules and Brawn should know that. He's been a master at finding that gap and designing to meet it perfectly.