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#441353
Just a couple that stick out:

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Engine stockpiling clampdown

The changes to prevent stockpiling of engine components was proposed after Mercedes decided to amass a 65-place grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix. As a cost saving measure, when a driver uses more than their allocation of engine components for the season they are hit with grid penalties, but the spirit of the regulation is open to abuse. In the knowledge that Lewis Hamilton could start no lower than 22nd on the grid in Belgium, Mercedes fitted three new power units to his car over the weekend in order to concentrate all his penalties on one race while ensuring he had fresh engines for the rest of the season.

In reaction to the component stockpiling in Spa, the FIA has made the following change to the regulations: "During any single event, if a driver introduces more than one of a power unit element that is subject to penalty, only the last element fitted may be used at subsequent events without further penalty. This is to prevent the stockpiling of spare power unit elements."

Wet weather starts

Following a downpour ahead of the British Grand Prix, the race was started under a safety car leading to a single file procession at the start of the first racing lap. Fans complained that they were robbed of a standing start and as a result the procedure for starting races in wet conditions has been changed.

"A new procedure regarding wet weather starts was also accepted," an FIA statement explained. "From 2017, if a safety car is deemed to be required for the beginning of a race due to wet weather, a normal standing start will occur once the track is deemed safe to race. The process will see the safety car return to the pit lane and the cars assemble on the grid for the start." [...]

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By sagi58
#441356
Mercedes ""used"" a rule to their advantage?? :eek:
But, why would they do that?? :eek:

((yes, I'm being facetious... at the end of the day, this
is the sort of thing that Karma is good for...))
#441358
I think we all knew that "stockpiling" engine parts would be clamped down on as soon as it happened. The funny thing is that Mercedes were talking about doing it weeks before the race and no-one cottoned on at the FIA, I guess the governing body really are asleep at the wheel. As for the wet starts, it could mean no racing at all, especially with the 4 hour race time max.

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