I am not so sure given that Mercedes' attempt at using a second stay was not used for qualifying or racing.
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HaHa - Not sure that veto applies in this case - he seems to be objecting on legal grounds, maybe more of F1 Team Managers approval vs FIA dictates ….
Yes it didn’t work for Mercedes any way.
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It's not just Mercedes complaining either, and Ferrari have fairly severe bouncing.
Yes they all have it to some extent - all are running very stiff cars as low as possible. The high speed bumpy tracks cause the most problems.
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Ferrari still have their veto on changes to technical or sporting regs, but in safety matters the FIA have unilateral authority to impose their will. This would be a safety matter. Any team might whine about it and lobby the FIA, but only the FIA would have a 'vote'.
Binotto "A TD is there to clarify regulations, or to address policing. It is not there to change the regulations. That’s [a matter of] governance."
"Even on safety grounds, what can the FIA do? It's to first have a consultation with the TAC [technical advisory committee], change the regulations and go straight to the world council for a formal approval of the change the regulations without having the approval of the teams on safety grounds.
"But you do not change the regulations with a TD. So that's why we sent that to FIA, for us these TDs were not applicable.
"As a matter of fact, I think that they have been issued by mistake, I think first the metric has not been applied. The extra brackets have been not fitted in any car for the weekend. So a big noise for nothing."
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"Even on safety grounds, what can the FIA do? It's to first have a consultation with the TAC [technical advisory committee], change the regulations and go straight to the world council for a formal approval of the change the regulations without having the approval of the teams on safety grounds.
"But you do not change the regulations with a TD. So that's why we sent that to FIA, for us these TDs were not applicable.
"As a matter of fact, I think that they have been issued by mistake, I think first the metric has not been applied. The extra brackets have been not fitted in any car for the weekend. So a big noise for nothing."
Ferrari has told FIA that porpoising TD is 'not applicable'
Ferrari has contested the validity of the TD introduced by the FIA last week to combat the porpoising and bouncing of F1 cars.
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I believe that Binotto is just posturing on the basis of what he supposes (or at least pretends) would be best practice, and of course his motivation is what would be good for Ferrari, not for F1 or even necessarily for the drivers including his own. He may well be right about the ideal process, but on a safety issue the FIA does not need the unanimous consent of the teams (although of course it would prefer to have it).Binotto "A TD is there to clarify regulations, or to address policing. It is not there to change the regulations. That’s [a matter of] governance."
"Even on safety grounds, what can the FIA do? It's to first have a consultation with the TAC [technical advisory committee], change the regulations and go straight to the world council for a formal approval of the change the regulations without having the approval of the teams on safety grounds.
"But you do not change the regulations with a TD. So that's why we sent that to FIA, for us these TDs were not applicable.
"As a matter of fact, I think that they have been issued by mistake, I think first the metric has not been applied. The extra brackets have been not fitted in any car for the weekend. So a big noise for nothing."
According to Motorsport.com, Formula 1's technical chiefs are set to meet behind closed doors this week with Nikolas Tombazis, the FIA's single seater technical director, to find a common ground on which to solve the porpoising controversy.Ferrari has told FIA that porpoising TD is 'not applicable'
Ferrari has contested the validity of the TD introduced by the FIA last week to combat the porpoising and bouncing of F1 cars.
Even on non-safety issues, such as the measurement of deflection under load of aerodynamic parts, the FIA has sometimes introduced new, stricter criteria with only one or two races' notice.
The FIA has a considerable degree of regulatory power. Whether it uses it correctly is, as we have seen, another matter.
Yes they all have form - Mercedes had a great run by getting MGU-H into the engine regulations after they had done significant research on heat energy recovery. Not surprising that the other teams are suspicious of Mercedes motives. 
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Merc's motives re porpoising? Yes, indeed. So long as Red Bull/AlphaTauri are allowed to run DRS flaps made of tissue paper, however, Christian Hornblower should keep his fat mouth shut.Yes they all have form - Mercedes had a great run by getting MGU-H into the engine regulations after they had done significant research on heat energy recovery. Not surprising that the other teams are suspicious of Mercedes motives.
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Hmmmmmmmm
Racers keeping their mouths shut. Now THAT would be a new concept in F1.
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Of all the TPs I can think of, Horner has consistently been the worst at posturing, lobbying, working the media, and being a world-class hypocrite.
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Verstappen is perfect but title rivals are a disaster - Nico Rosberg
The gap in the title race just gets bigger...
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After yet another dominating win at the Canadian Grand Prix, Red Bull's Max Verstappen looks unbeatable. However, while praising the Dutchman’s efforts, former McLaren World Champion, Mika Hakkinen, believes that the Milton Keynes-based squad still have one major worry.
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Charles Leclerc left the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in defiant mood after the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix and insisted that he can overhaul Max Verstappen to win this year’s Formula 1 World Championship.
The 24-year-old Ferrari driver is 49 points adrift of Red Bull’s world champion, who on Sunday reeled off his sixth win of the season, but still believes it is not an insurmountable deficit.
Leclerc finished fifth after a storming, if frustrating, race from the back of the grid having been handed a grid penalty for taking a new power unit.
The Monegasque said after the race in Montreal: “Reliability is a concern for everyone this season. But if we can fix that, we have the performance to come back and so, from Silverstone, we will be trying to gain points back.
“Forty-nine points? Two victories and it is done!” declared Leclerc.
Verstappen admitted after Sunday’s tense finish that he did not have the pace to beat Carlos Sainz, in the second Ferrari, without defending hard for the last 15 laps as the Spaniard did all he could to find a way to pass him and claim his maiden win.
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The 24-year-old Ferrari driver is 49 points adrift of Red Bull’s world champion, who on Sunday reeled off his sixth win of the season, but still believes it is not an insurmountable deficit.
Leclerc finished fifth after a storming, if frustrating, race from the back of the grid having been handed a grid penalty for taking a new power unit.
The Monegasque said after the race in Montreal: “Reliability is a concern for everyone this season. But if we can fix that, we have the performance to come back and so, from Silverstone, we will be trying to gain points back.
“Forty-nine points? Two victories and it is done!” declared Leclerc.
Verstappen admitted after Sunday’s tense finish that he did not have the pace to beat Carlos Sainz, in the second Ferrari, without defending hard for the last 15 laps as the Spaniard did all he could to find a way to pass him and claim his maiden win.
Leclerc: 49-points? Two victories and it is done!
Charles Leclerc heads to the 2022 British Grand Prix insisting he beat Max Verstappen to win the F1 World Championship despite trailing
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They'll never compete with Ferrari, or RB, until they have their own engine.Video: Why McLaren's failed to match Ferrari's F1 2022 step - The Race
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Big mistake giving up on Honda …
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Totally. Red Bull not only benefited from McLaren's development of the engine, they were then gifted it from Honda! I assume at some point they're going to start supplying other teams because it's arguably the best PU out there. They obviously still have some reliability issues, but the engine itself looks to be more reliable than the Ferrari.
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Maybe (and at the time I was disappointed by McLaren's decision), but Red Bull were able to use their crash-test dummies at Toro Rosso to get in effect several seasons of testing of the Honda PU in just one season of racing. As a truly independent and self-respecting team, McLaren did not have that option. We may never know how far the Honda PU would have progressed if it had been used in actual racing, rather than in more than 70 days of testing, in 2019.
It was the correct decision for McLaren, because they had no clue of how to work with Honda Japanese culture following Ron’s exit. The arrogance displayed by the McLaren tech people interacting with the Honda tech people on the video (NetFlix?) and Boullier confirms the dysfunctional relationship. Anyway old water under the bridge …
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