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Williams performance chief Rob Smedley has admitted that loopholes are much harder to come across in F1. Loopholes are engineering tricks that allow the engineers to design a system that isn't outlawed in the technical regulations.
In 2009, Brawn, Williams and Toyota took advantage of the new regulation change and designed a "double diffuser". Smedley says that new regulation changes makes it harder for loopholes to be discovered.
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"Every time there has been a new set of regulations, at least through my time in F1, those openings have become smaller and smaller. The reason for that is that the technical regulations are pretty much written by senior technical people within the teams.
"The senior technical people in the teams are of the mind that we're all looking for a loophole, we are all trying to get the start on our competitors. But as these rules get written and because it's a collaborative process and it's written by people who are looking for loopholes, then the loopholes are pretty much closed off in the regulations.
Smedley thinks that as hard as it is, some teams may find a loophole that gives their car an advantage over the 2017 season.
"This set of regulations has been very much at the forefront of that. We've tried to close down the loopholes as and when. Do loopholes or areas of high exploitation still exist? Of course. Have we or other people found them? It remains to be seen."
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Thats sort of what the FIA tried to achieve.