Not sure what Silverstone must think of this especially as they'd pulled the nuclear option on cancelling F1 so (potentially) cutting off another major revenue stream for them. Is this revenge of the FIA?
I'll still probably attend coz I love the racing but I can't see this attracting the hoards of overseas fans (ie their cars I saw in the carpark and the ones I met at the circuit) would make the effort for just 4 hours of racing. It's almost cheaper to fly to Bahrain!
Feels to me that Toyota were pushing for some serious marginal gains (and risk) when they designed this chassis back 2017 to try and take a win against Porsche. The chassis was able to to cope with whatever simulations they did to stay within the rules for the tracks as they were but now that Silverstone has been resurfaced - the modelling for the wear and tear is wrong and they've been caught out big style. Marginal gains only work when they are in your favour.
Perhaps Toyota will win their appeal that it wasn't them but the kerbs that did it when no one else seemed to have a problem...
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