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Is there any regulation prohibiting it? NO!

Yes there are – the ones quoted in the article.

@force-maikel People keep saying this but I don’t see how it’s “reasonable” to exclude the drivers from punishment when they were involved in the test.

@d3v0 You’re welcome but @greg-morland wrote it!

I guess we can only congratulate you on being able to field that bill then @willaim-brierty!

Have a great time at the Silverstone race

The test was conducted by Pirelli though, but they used Mercedes cars and had Mercedes bring the drives and most likely at least part of the engineers @jonsan. I am not saying that makes it a clear Pirelli test, […]

not sure what you are talking about there q85.

If you mean the gimmick on the exhaust exit during pre-season testing, that was not something Williams ever intended to use. Its purpose was more to both attrackt […]

Personally I feel the most important thing that can come from this is that the FIA Tribunal will (or will not) be established as credible by a transparent procedure leading to a well argued decision and a fair […]

I have seen that during last week on F1 Technical – a discussion forum – where the guys more or less came to the conclusion its interesting to see, but not them doing anything illegal.

Craig Scarborough […]

LOL @maciek

It defenitely explains why there was no need for things like DRS or tyres manufactured to last only a 3rd of the race – the cars themselves (and the tyres) offered enough trouble/challenges for the drivers as it was!

It also perfectly shows how the current KERS rules (and potentially the new ones too) are not all that great an idea of how to use a hybrid power train, instead of making it a boost (push to pass button) they […]

That video with Ron Dennis and Jenson Button promises theres a lot more interesting things to be heard.

Funny that “Lotus-Praga” combination. An demised but recently resurrected (although not building cars) Czech luxury car brand and an almost defunct but still in operation sports car company from the UK on one LMP2 […]

LOL @david-a

I would say there’s so much to do, and only a limited amount of hours in the day to do them, so having others take on certain tasks is a sign of the site growing, who knows, maybe in time F1Fanatic will be able to […]

@vettel1 – When Red Bull used a version of a blown diffuser last year, you defended the decision not to take action against them as there was nothing in the rules prohibiting their solution.

Now that Mercedes […]

@jeff1s Smart competitors don’t quit in reaction to being punished for breaking the rules – even car manufacturers. Consider the example of Toyota in the WRC a few years ago. Or even Renault in F1 post-Crashgate: […]