F1 2024: US GP - Austin (Oct 20)

[fs1977]

If you wanted to cheat, why is the component involved mentioned in the open source component document? As always, it's all about interpretation of the rules. I think it has zero impact on track performance and might be more a tool to make the life of the mechanics a bit easier during testing and FP's.

And to be fair, there wasn't really any trackperformance to begin with the last couple of months

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

Schumacher - Benetton engineers gave him traction control when traction control was illegal to the dismay of Senna

Brawn was more than amazing. He bought the team for $1 in preseason, did the double diffuser, Jensen Button won something like 10 races in a row before it got banned, then Jensen didn't win another race but did enough damage to be world champion. I think since then teams realized if they don't stop their competitors early it will be too late once they run away with the points. Unless you're McLaren and you don't know who you're racing.

With just a wagging finger pre race from FIA is it any wonder that teams push the boundaries. FIA sanctioned stewards can't strip a car down to the last nut and bolt to check if it's running some sort of flap even after a race if the measurements are positive ? McLaren themselves were visibly cheating and nothing happened keeping their points.