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Originally Posted by red 928
Wasn't that long ago, Merc was slow
and struggling with porpoising while
ferrari and red bull had it figured out.
Then the powers that be changed the rules.
Red bull and Ferrari has to change their floors,
And maybe a front wing or two.
As a result, red bull was still fast, but not as fast.
Ferrari slowed way down.
And now merc is one-two on the podium again.
Back to normal.
I wonder how much it cost to get that rule changed,
and how many others are planned for the off-season?
Bet they don't count that as part of the spending cap.
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The rule wasn't changed, so to speak, the technical wording was updated to match the verbal clarifications given to the teams prior. It was a loophole left open that RB and Ferrari took advantage of that Mercedes didn't.
Edit: Basically this:
Teams: "Rule X doesn't explicitly say Y, but is Y implied?"
FIA: "Yes, Y is implied."
RB and Ferrari ignore Y
Teams: "RB and Ferrari are ignoring Y"
FIA: "Okay our bad, rule X now explicitly says Y"