FIA publishes clarification of Ferrari deal in response to displeasure from seven teams

it may be not like that

They’ve said they don’t believe the PU was always operating within the regulations, but if they had proof it wouldn’t go through a long litigation process. The FIA has a similar issue with the Ferrari battery’s a couple of years ago where they couldn’t work out how the system worked. I love that teams can be clever and think up new systems and ways of going faster, but when you have a regulator than cannot understand how you’ve done something when presented with the items and ECUs then it’s a bit of a cause for concern

Not quite, FIA have known about DAS for months, but a loophole in whether it was classified as a change of suspension or changing the steering meant Merc avoided a ban this year (which is why the closed the loophole for next year). The FIA can’t seem to be able to understand and prove quite how Ferrari were getting around the regs, they seem sure they were but like the battery system they had before, the FIA can’t work out how it works so can’t penalise them for it

I suppose honda was cheating too (austria and some races) then they end up quietly.

Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Ferrari Did cheat in one instance, when they overloaded Leclerc's Ferrari with fuel. That one's confirmed to be outside of regulations. The other aspects they just cannot prove, meaning either Ferrari simply have a good PU, or they did some trick what isn't monitored by the FIA, what was hard to prove by telemetry in general and couldn't be physically traced. The latter point implies it is a legal trick or a really clever cheat.
As for Honda (come on, you are just trolling): in Austria "and some other races"(citation required): their fuel loads were a ok, their fuel flow was Ok, their ERS was operating as per the regulations. They just used a higher engine mode, for all we know, unless they found a really good exploit, which would then A) either be a loophole in the regulations, or B) be something the FIA were too silly or too unaware of to notice. At any rate, you really think the other teams would be silent if they suspected Honda of pulling their legs?

The difference is in how you say it. Max made baseless accusations at a time where nothing was guaranteed, and the FIA only suspected that Ferrari pulled their leg. Now, basically, the FIA has confirmed that they cannot confirm that Ferrari pulled their leg. So the accusations remain baseless. All we know is that at at least one GP, Leclerc had an overfueled car.

Max was correct but a bit clumsy in his word choice. Ferrari did work outside the nature of the rules and did something that I see as cheating. We know that after they got found out because someone told on them. Either the FIA found nothing and Ferrari aren't guilty or they did find something and they are. It can't be both which is what the FIA is claiming. Without proof or admission they can't be guilty and the reverse is with proof they are guilty.

This is not some kind of invention that make the car go faster, instead its a way to overcome the detection of the fuel flow restriction.

Ask yourself: If Honda or Renault did this would they get the same kind of treatment? If the answer if Yes than no issue, more likely No than Ferrari has used its privileged position. This all about getting equal treatment for all the teams not for Ferrari to misuse it's position.

Well, I cannot quite blame him for speaking out, but yes, clumsy wording, and we still don't know if they actually did cheat. And in the meantime, he has locked himself out of ever working with the prancing horse, regardless of them cheating or not.

In theory, we kinda know the answer to your latter concern. Remember how Renault was treated this very season, when they were found out to have implemented a feature what may or may not have been utilized to boost PU performance but wasn't inside the regulations? They were slammed down almost instantly. I am very sure it'd be the same if Honda did it (and so far no team have suspected Honda of out-of regulation behaviour). And the FIA have tried to clamp down on Ferrari now about three times: first in-season with the clarifications RB demanded, second when they fined Ferrari for that extra fuel Leclerc was carrying, and now a third time with the extra post-season investigation. We've had them show leniency with Merc' and Ferrari with the oil burning. But now? I genuinly think they've tried to clamp down on any potential cheating from Ferrari's part. They were just clueless in how to handle the correspondence with teams and press.

would everyone be saying then: Ban the system for 2021?????