which the likes of Audi have taken umbrage with.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe have to, as we do, trust the FIA with making the right decisions here,\u201d said Audi technical director James Key.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s new regs. You\u2019ve got to have a level playing field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone came up with a clever diffuser and you said it\u2019s not the right thing to do, no one else can have it, but you can have it for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense. We\u2019d never accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are fears that Mercedes-powered and Ford-powered teams will walk away from their rivals.<\/p>\n
Wolff says, it is what it is, and that the likes of Ferrari, Honda, and Audi just have to react accordingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t understand that some teams concentrate more on the others and keep arguing a case that is very clear and transparent,\u201d Wolff explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommunication with the FIA was very positive all along and it\u2019s not only on compression ratio, but on other things too.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecifically in that area, it\u2019s very clear what the regulations say.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very clear what the standard procedures are on any motors, even outside of Formula 1, so just get your shit together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe power unit is legal. The power unit corresponds to how the regulations are written. The power unit corresponds to how the checks are being done.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kimi Antonelli hits the track at Silverstone. Image: Mercedes<\/p>\n
Although there has been little said from the likes of Ferrari or Honda, Audi has been vocal in its frustration with the hack.<\/p>\n
There have been suggestions that teams would like the compression ratio measured with the engine running.<\/p>\n
That process, however, would need to be ratified by F1 Power Unit Advisory Committee and then via a vote through the F1 Commission.<\/p>\n
Wolff expressed his frustration at \u201csecret meetings and secret letters\u201d to add engine checks, despite what he said is an industry standard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I can just say at least from us here, we are trying to minimise distractions, looking more at ourselves than at everybody else when it\u2019s pretty clear what the regs say and also pretty clear what the FIA has said to us and has said to them so far,\u201d said Wolff.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut maybe we\u2019re all different. Maybe you want to find excuses before you even started for why things are not good. If somebody wants to entertain themselves by distraction, then everybody\u2019s free to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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