8 hours ago, nige8021 said:

Yes before it was more of a Gentleman's agreement and not up for inspection by the FIA but Ferrari have historically been the biggest cheaters over the years and probably are still just they can employ better accountants 

Over the many years I've been watching F1 it's been very obvious that Ferrari have been given 'leeway' that no other team was given to exploit loopholes in the regulations (maybe even outright cheating some would say) so IMHO it's a bit rich when they complain about other teams.

this just popped up on my tiktok feed..

Flying Alonso keeps 7th place and points so Alpine 6 points ahead of McLaren in to Mexican race............. 

 

https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-lance-stroll-high-seed-airborne-crash/

2022 Constructor Standings

POS	TEAM	PTS
1	RED BULL RACING RBPT	656
2	FERRARI	469
3	MERCEDES	416
4	ALPINE RENAULT	144
5	MCLAREN MERCEDES	138

What a year for RedBull. Despite the sour taste left by the budget shenanigans this is Adrian Newey's most dominant car ever. Better than any of his Williams McLaren or earlier RedBulls.

In race trim its perfomance is crushing. Plenty of downforce yet seemingly much less drag than the others. It doesn't matter where Max qualifies he just blasts past them all on the straights.

Newey is a genius.