• UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Remember that teams will only be allowed to work on their 2026 car from the start of 2025

    Genuine question: how is this even policed? You can’t stop people from thinking about solutions already.

    • HSR@lemmy.dbzer0.com🏴‍☠️@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      No, you can’t stop engineers from testing aero in their heads, but I would imagine teams are required to keep logs and documentation of development work/wind tunnel time/computer simulations for FIA to inspect at any time. It’s nothing new either, each team has a wind tunnel time and CFD allocation per season, and there’s no development allowed over the summer break. I suppose in the end you have to trust that FIA is enforcing these rules properly, but you can never know for sure.

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        2 months ago

        Iirc Wind Tunnel time usually is monitored by having FIA personnel present at the wind tunnel. But I may be wrong on that