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Originally Posted by F1Guy
But the rules are still the same. Nothing has changed. A precedent was set in China.
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Not really, it doesn't quite work on the basis of precedents. A situation was noted, clarification post-race has been issued, and drivers now know what will happen in future. It happens in quite a lot of sports, where the officials will advise that future indiscretion will be penalised, but they don't retrospectively apply punishment.
In any sport, there doesn't need to be a change in the rules for a change in the way they are applied to happen.