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Originally Posted by legion
There's a lot of information about the settlement out there. Basically, Ferrari declared that what they had done to increase performance was a "proprietary and confidential" technology used on their road cars. This basically meant that the FIA didn't have the legal grounds to force them to disclose what they'd done. But for some reason, Red Bull seemed to know exactly what was done and asked for several clarifications of the technical regs. So the FIA changed tactics and asked for a voluntary disclosure if the FIA would sign a NDA and not penalize Ferrari. Ferrari were boxed in and knew it, so they opted to make sure no other teams could copy them.
At the same time, the whole plan backfired on Ferrari because it pushed Mercedes to find even more performance to attempt to match Ferrari. Honda and Renault improved as well. Ferrari's advantage was removed as they went down a path that is now closed to them, and they found themselves way behind everyone else.
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Wasn't the consensus that they found a legal way to trick the fuel flow meter and averaged it out OK but in reality could use way more fuel ? I mean immediately after the secret deal, the FIA mandated a second fuel flow meter so it sounded cut and dry? Looks like they had a rocket of an engine and a crappy chassis last year and now they're left with just the crappy chassis... I was never a huge fan of theirs but it's sad to see them that bad now wasting Leclerc and Vettel's talent. And with the token system it'll be another year before they can even do anything...
On the flip side, I really enjoyed that "terrible" Renault engine blowing by everyone except Mercedes and especially getting one red bull (smoke that Marko), and seeing the yelow cars 4-5... The only + of a boring race...