Originally Posted by
Roelof
As a designer of the whole system they have the right to do that to rule out others copying transponders in a bad way. It is not nice but the step was already set over a decade ago with a transponder exchange program which still exists. Somehow people can complain about this one in more than a decade action but easilly buy new cars, radio equipment, motors and tires every year.
Aside from the radio every single item you mentioned is a wear and tear item, to which some would even argue the sensors do wear out. I actually don’t see many racers buying radios every year but even if they did they don’t have to buy a new radio for every car they own.