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Originally Posted by sparoz
Rear diffusers saga continues... to put off die hard fans of F1. It would have been so simple for them to sort it out before the first race, and clarify what is acceptable and what is not.
Why wait till the first races and wait for a protest? Every year, there are always some sort of controversies... and the more they allow to happen, the more people will switch it off.
Should have got the team to vote, and as Honda, Williams, and Brawn would not have agreed, then they should be allowed their diffusers, and someone from the FIA or Charlie Whiting should have clarify that before the season begins.
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Even though Ross Brawn warned the teams about the diffusor loophole almost a year ago when OWG (overtaking working group) draft up the diffusor design regulations. but they opt to ignore it....so for those who were not involved in OWG (Toyota, Brawn GP, and Williams) read the written rules, found the loophole and took as advantage....
the teams who involved in OWG (Ferrari, McLaren, Renault...etc) naively thought the rules were clearly written and went with the flat diffusor they had in mind....becuase when they wrote the rules, they had an mental image how the diffusor should look like....and believe everyone else will be just the same because the "rules" were "clearly" written....
then they saw the "diffusor three" came to Australia and making good lap times....they were furious and scared....however the Parc Ferme deemed the diffusor three cars were all ok to race....they did not break any regulations that were written....
(even tho most fans believed that they violated the spirit of the rule)
the teams didn't the major advantage the diffusor can make (well...they should've known when ross brawn warned them a long time ago and with so many experts in aerodynamics...pshhhh...) they officially make a protest to the FIA and the rules and diffusor three will be in investigation.....