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Originally Posted by Kampfer
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You usually wait to protest after the race so you can exclude people from the results (due to illegal cars). If the teams lodged a protest before a race, and opponents then change their car to 'legal' status, there is still a chance for them to get points.
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they protested before Australia. The race stewards declared he diffuser illegal. BMW didn't get their protest in on time, and thus protested before Malaysia. And again the stewards declared it to be legal. All those teams appealed the rulings to the FIA.