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And lo on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:57:49 +0100, scott <sco### [at] laptop com> did
spake, saying:
>>>> Is this the one with the row about fuel temperatures? I don't know
>>>> first the Rugby and now this.
>>>
>>> Hehe yeh, apparently two other teams pumped in their fuel at less than
>>> 10 degrees below ambient, which is not allowed. But the FIA decided
>>> not to disqualify the drivers as the advantage gained would have been
>>> less than 1 second over the race and likely not changed the outcome.
>>> Disqualifying the teams would have meant a different world champion
>>> though...
>>
>> IOW they broke the rules, and got caught, but the advantage they gained
>> was deemed inconsequential to their win; so that's okay then. Wag that
>> finger and tell them not to do it again - pfft.
>
> Well the official report was that they were not punished because the
> fuel temperature could not be proved.
Wasn't it at a lower temperature they could get more fuel into the tank?
Don't they keep a record of how much fuel is put in and then compare it to
the tank capacity? I mean if at X degrees the tank will hold Y and at X-10
it'll hold Z, bit of a smoking gun if they stuck Z in there.
> But the funny bit is that McLaren are presumably asking for the teams
> concerned to be punished and have their drivers points taken away. This
> is the McLaren who had all their team points taken away and narrowly
> avoided having all their driver points taken away too... they should be
> careful.
Sounds like a 'why did we get hit and not them?'
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