We shall see about the legal/illegal bit. Same thing happened with Red Bull's bendy wing last year. it met the testing bit but violated the spirit of the rule, and they had to take it off. Same deal here.

Kudos to them for creatively interpreting the rules however even knowing how the spirit of the rule meant.. Like all racers, when something isn't specifically outlawed, it's legal, until such time the issue is revisited and then lay out in black and white. 

If Red Bull and Ferrari stood on firm grounds about the legality of their floors, they could have consulted with the FIA first before implementing it. Like how Mercedes did with their DAS and split turbos, leaving no ground for protest, even with their creative interpretation of the rules. Rules never said anything about a turbo has to be a one piece item, Mercedes saw that, asked the FIA can they do it and the answer was yes, so they did it. Same with the DAS, their initial versions were deemed illegal, until they modified it enough to satisfied FIA's scrutiny and deemed it legal according to the rule book. 

Same deal with Horner's famous words, any doesn't mean all. Rules say any lapped car, but the lapped cars behind Verstappen are still part of the any group. One reason why Masi isn't in charge anymore. In the spirit of the rule, and in application of the rule, any equals all. 


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