A few additional points to those UH also deserve mention.

First, the overarching Rule here is in Annex A, Rule 5.3: "The following limitations are imposed so that the competition shall, as far as possible, be directly between the individual competitors, neither controlled nor helped by external aid." The 15 minute time delay for tracking information (a form of external aid) was imposed to support that rule and its spirit. Anybody who found a way to circumvent that time delay knew - or should have known- that they were circumventing that Rule and the spirit of that Rule.

Second, there were procedures and methods by which a team having doubt about the propriety of a certain information source ( and passing that information on to its pilots) could have inquired whether it was permitted under the rules. Those procedures were not taken by the offending team managment - undoubtedly because they wanted to keep it secret and maintain a dubious competitive advantage.

Third, it is hardly a "defense" to a charge of unsporting conduct that others could have (but did not) engage in the same conduct.

Lastly, the real victims here are the Aussie pilots who were not part of team management and had no role in the decisions or implementation of the method and could do nothing except what they were told to do by team management. This is particularly true for the new competitors on that team. They could not turn off their radios or "unhear" the information passed along (which may well have been useless to many of them). These pilots were penalized not because of their actions, but because of the bad decisions made by their team management. While the contestant point penalties seem appropriate as a sanction, the more severe sanctions on the team management seem particularly warranted. Their decisions tainted the contest for everyone, but particularly for their own team members.
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