Originally Posted by ACU:
“I dont buy the argument " simply a case of nobody really pursuing". When you submit a car for scrutinering, they check everything (you would hope they do). Somebody must have seen the holes and thought yep no problem with those. This happened on several occasions, not just once.
From what other teams are doing, RB need to cut a very thin strip (a couple of mm), from the perimeter of the floor to where the hole is located? Thus the hole would then be part of the perimeter, and then legal.
Like I said earlier, we need some clarification from the FIA, on why they passed the hole, and now failed. That way it will let the fans know of the thought process. If the reason why they were passed was that they were missed, then fair enough.”
Uhuh, I do agree with you.
I wasn't trying to excuse the wobbly logic of the FIA.
I do suspect there's a certain amount of complacency at work though.
I imagine it must be pretty daunting to be a scrutineer in F1 where you're just some guy with a rule-book and you are expected to find things wrong with cars designed by people who are being paid rock-star wages specifically find ways to dodge the rules AND you're looking at something which, as you say, HAS already been endorsed by the FIA pre-season.
Half the time I bet they, subconciously, "give up" before they even start looking at a car and simply go through the motions of checking the weights, measurements and safety features.
More often than not, much like the moderation here, I suspect that most of the punitive action against teams is purely reactive.
They wait for the boffins in all the other teams to raise concerns about something and
then adjudicate on whether or not that thing is illegal.