P1racenews AI automatic summary:
FIA ‘verdict issued’ on controversial engine loophole
“It wouldn’t be an F1 preseason without weeks and weeks of rules lawyering, would it? Teams pushing the limits of legality is a tradition as old as the sport, just as complaining vociferously about those innovations on the fringes of the rule book. The FIA have already sat down with teams this year about exactly that this week. The innovation this time around is Mercedes and Red Bull apparently being able to run their engines at a higher compression ratio than allowed by the regulations, because the compression rates are currently only measured at ambient temperature. Mercedes and Red Bull engines are legal for now. Changes may be brought to more accurately measure compression rates, but there’s no guarantee it’ll be done quickly or even this year. Expect this issue to continue in the background as the season progresses.”
