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Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants
Puts the FIA in a bit of a quandary...how can they be sure which teams to penalise if they can't be certain which teams are guilty.
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If the FIA plays by the rules then they can't penalize anyone for violating a rule that doesn't exist.
Any beam made of any material will deflect > 0" under applied load or self-weight - even if it is infinitesimal.
Without imposed limits, something like this would go right out of the window in a court room. The assumption that an aerodynamic component, especially in a sport where material density must be kept to a minimum, would have infinite flexural stiffness is fundamentally wrong.
This isn't even close to cheating - this is the definition of engineering.