There's some very naive forum members on here thats for sure. If it's in the regulations and they aren't being disqualified for it, then how exactly is it cheating?
Just because people cant comprehend a rally being won by anything other then a right foot. This type of thing always used to happen and I'm sure it will continue to happen again in the future. If I was a team principal and I'm dealt a duff set of regulations (thanks FIA) that penalises my driver for leading the rally, then I will try to gain back some of that advantage any way I can.
It isn't cheating, and if anything it adds extra talking points to the gravel rallies, where as last year a rally was usually dead in the water before Day 2 had even started.
So strategy, risk vs reward, chance and pure guess all work get thrown into the mix for us to talk about. Instead all people can do is be one-dimensional and cry about it.
Just because you feel cheated, doesn't mean they are cheating!