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Originally Posted by supafamous
Rumour is a couple millions but a couple million is worth a few tenths on the track and the effects can easily carryover to future development if it's a core part of the car. A few tenths would have meant Hamilton winning his 8th championship (alternatively the FIA could have followed their own rules to achieve this) or those few tenths is how Red Bull is kicking Ferrari's ass this year (Ferrari's doing plenty to kick their own ass though).
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A few tenths? That's harsh
The fact the FIA even has two tiers for the infractions Minor (<5%) and Major (>5%) suggests they expected teams to be slightly over and for it to not be considered serious, so it would likely have minimal penalties (else there would be no reason to tier it)
imo if the FIA tiers the levels of breach that means the punishments are tiered as well
Actually come to think of it what are the punishments?
Maybe a minor breach means disqualification, and a major breach means banning from the sport
Or maybe a minor breach means a reprimand/££££££ and a major means disqualification
I'd be fine with either result, we'll have to see what the FIA says, the punishments should really be set out already tho so that we could easily lookup what a procedural/minor/major breach calls for, but it seems like the FIA is just making it all up as they go along (as usual)