Hey there,
2023 season has ended and we are approaching season 2024. @ScarDuck14 has already opened a new thread regarding the new season.
See you there!
@Meza994 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Everybody is able to take advantage of any loophole in the regulations, yet the FIA always tried to prevent that from happening and opposed to what many think, not all teams go to the lengths of gray areas as much as others..
My point was for it not to be a loophole. Just the norm.
@Ultrasonic_77I'm with you on this one.
There's a rule, a sanction, and the offending conduct is getting rightfully penalized.
A loophole is when you get around the rule and avoid any sanction.
Managing components is on par with the ruleset and the desired outcome - even cranking up the PU here and there wouldn't be a consideration if they hadn't spent their R&D resources to achieve a reasonable reliability standard.
And if you're going to change the ruleset to hamper them down, it's reasonable to assume they'd have shifted those resources elsewhere. God knows they could have used some upgrades and further development in certain different areas, heh.
Otherwise, shouldn't Alpine be equally reprehend? It's well established that they spent all they could on PU performance before the engine freeze, reliability be damned (and their previous seasons showed), so that they could "work around" the rules allowing for reliability upgrades?
Deliberate quotes on that "work around" bit. It is not a loophole if you're working in accordance with the rules and respective sanctions.
Now if your penalties are too lenient or too strong, that's a whole different matter.
