Crossing the white line: Belgium

When it using a loophole, abusing said loophole and why would anyone drink out of someone else’s shoe.

To use or abuse, that is the question Mercedes didn’t only make use of the loophole that allows teams to stockpile engines for the drivers, but abused it. Ironically, they followed that up with a call to “close that loophole.”

Rules are rules but if there is a smidge of leeway you can count on a Formula 1 team to find it. McLaren did it last year, and Mercedes did it this past weekend in Belgium.

They changed Lewis Hamilton’s engine three times, earning him a 55-place grid penalty for the race but giving him an advantage in the long run as he now has three fresh engines for the remainder of this season.

It is a loophole that no one agrees with, even those abusing it.

“The system is far from perfect, and it sounds a bit ridiculous,” said Mercedes …

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