No, what you actually said was "you can see that some teams have started their fishing expedition". Seems to me that you are conflating random checks to be nefarious in Red Bull's case but for everyone else it's legit.
They checked the Merc rear wing at the first race of the season (among other things).
If a team suspects cheating from a rival they can offer evidence and a rule which it contravenes. There is no requirement in the protest to "understand".AR3-GP wrote: ↑27 Apr 2023, 16:37Also, you cannot submit a technical protest for a mechanism for which you do not understand or have proof of it's existence. The Ferrari was never protested in 2019. No car was protested over flexing floors in 2022. All that happened was a silent technical directive introduction.
It is the FIA who decide on case by case basis what is acceptable means of protest.
As specified by the DAS protest by Red Bull.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 1Vh8U.html
So the assumptions you're making in this are:
The FIA does checks under the influence of whispers and ongoing discussions.
Some teams went fishing.
The FIA waited for the random check to check an item they were tipped off by the fishing teams.
You realise, the FIA can simply tell Red Bull to haul their car to the stewards without any need for protest, or random checks? So there is no need to wait for Red Bulls number to come up to do this supposed inspection.
I mean the next extension to this would be the FIA doctored the random process to inspect the Red Bull.
I'd also just say I have no issue with your opinion, say what you like. But when you're adding level upon level of assumptions, Occams razor comes in handy.
Sometimes a random check can just be that.
