FIA technical director, Nikolas Tombazis, is hopeful there is not much room to exploit loopholes in 2022 – but is wary of the threat of them. Whenever brand new regulations come into play, there is an anticipation and almost an expectance that at least one team will interpret them in such a way that could lead to a major advantage over their rivals. The time machine only has to be turned back to 2009 to see an extreme example of this scenario in action as Brawn GP, armed with their double diffuser, went on to win the World Championship titles in their one and only season in Formula 1. A repeat of those extraordinary scenes will be very unlikely, but the potential for loopholes to be...
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