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Originally Posted by EricH
For those of you saying that a downforce would be legal:
I'm 99% sure that it's not legal. The wording in the rule is clear: if it increases traction, it's not legal. The idea is to increase the normal force, which increases available frictional force (not friction), which increases traction. That's increasing traction, which is illegal.
The other 1% says to ask Q&A when it comes online and see what they say.
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The way I read the rule:
<R06>"No other forms of traction devices (wheels, tracks, legs, or other devices intended to
provide traction) are permitted
Increasing downforce does not
provide traction. I know this is a semantics argument, but I think the rules are very carefully worded. Traction is
provided by whatever contacts the ground. If it doesn't contact the ground, it cannot
provide traction.