Quote Originally Posted by ouvreur View Post
No, true, but there's plenty that can be done slightly differently even on a homologated car, even details as fine as the orientation and positioning of the spare wheels can have an influence. Also, just keeping the other teams guessing for another couple of days is worth something, even if it's just to annoy them
Discussing the position of the spare wheel was a thing 17 years ago when Focus 06 was introduced. That's the last experiment I recall.