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Originally Posted by BagofSkill
Were you dq'd with your 4.2 degrees?
By the way, the rule wouldn't need to say against a ground surface because the definition of camber is 'angle measured against the ground plane'. That definition will be in the glossary of the MSA handbook. Camber is never considered as a total value across an axle in the way toe might be, or as an average of both sides.
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Well, plenty of scrutineers must not know that either, because the answer is no I was not dq'd! I was kindly asked (eg told!) to not do it again in order to avoid them a headache clarifying the rule etc! I also know of an identical issue with uneven wheelbases that was allowed in a different championship (and not told to change). That's before you even get into defences touring car teams have used such as "it started the race within the rules, but was damaged during it"!
The great thing was, everyone else was so obsessed with finding a cheat (by the next race the guy 2nd in the championship had decided I had a trick ecu which I "wiped" by flashing the lights at the end of the race, mental!) that they weren't looking for the real reason we were quicker, and even better accepted being slower in their minds because of it, which well worked in my favour!!
I assume by the way your team never ever asks it's drivers to go offline on the slowing down lap to pick up rubber??
Matt's right, loads of people look for loopholes, and for me motor racing is partly about following the letter of the rules regardless of the spirit, for anyone in f1 to claim to never cross the "spirit" line is laughable!! Where did that term "unfair advantage" come from again?!