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I have been hearing a bit about ‘Chassis Sharing’ being a potential issue this coming season. It would seem that both Torro Rosso and Super Aguri are being warned that if they choose to run ‘Customer Chassis’ they may be in line for some serious legal action from the other teams.

The issue seems to revolve around the fact that the Super Aguri Chassis is made in the Honda facility. The rules state that each team must own the Intellectual property rights for their car and that it must not include any parts manufactured by another team.

Super Aguri insists that the car they will run is not simply a modification of the Honda RA106 and that they are in full compliance with the current regulations.

It also seems to be that ‘Chassis sharing’ will be permitted in some form starting in 2008 but not in the 2007 season.

A potential compromise has been proposed according to reports that they can use this ‘Customer Chassis’ but forfeit constructor points and TV revenue.

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out as we approach the start of the 2007 season.