If this is an advantage and there was not a specific, explicit rule against it, then I'm surprised that other teams did not discover this through wind tunnel testing. After all, you don't want to overbuild pieces so I would think they would notice if less rigid aero parts imparted an advantage. That said, Red Bull might have taken that observation and built parts with different materials that are meant to flex just as much as desired without leading to breakage. The FIA should eventually allow this as it sounds like just good science. I suppose they would want all teams to have the chance to use it though from the start of a season.
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