Comment by BrentOzar
5 years ago
Your fuel tank was only allowed to hold a certain amount of fuel because if you had more, you could go farther between pit stops, thereby covering more laps while the other drivers were stopped for gas.
He would temporarily meet the small tank regulations during inspection, but under race conditions, the ball would burst, allowing for more space in the tank, which would get filled up with more fuel than his competitors at the first pit stop.
If you’re not cheating you’re not trying.
How was he "caught" if thats the term?
I would assume that by some point, if one of his cars won, the officials just took the whole thing apart to find out what sort of bizarre loophole he'd found that met the letter of the requirements while totally violating the spirit. His antics weren't secret, even at the time he was working. He was just really good at it.
And nobody considers that dishonest? It's cheating in the spirit of the rules if not the letter of the rules.
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@TwoBit
I guess it depends whether you accept "technically, according to rules as written (...)" is a valid explanation.
Maybe I am wrong, but in racing it seems to be.
By the mere fact that the car wasn’t pitting as often. Car was likely inspected afterwards.
Most of them weren't pitting as often as they should.
That makes sense, thanks. Clever!