Sebastian Vettel is not at all concerned that the FIA's clarification on the engine mapping rule will cost him his shot at a third World title.
Following the controversy at the German GP when the FIA's technical delegate Jo Bauer reported Red Bull to the stewards after finding irregularities in the team's engine mapping, the FIA have closed a loophole in the rules.
That loophole, exploited by Red Bull, allowed the reigning World Champions to change the amount of torque delivered by the engine to less than normal for a given speed, which could act as a form of traction control, limiting wheelspin.
It is believed that it also allowed the team to use exhaust gases to improve the car's aerodynamics.
The loophole has now been closed with the FIA ruling that each team must provide one engine map that was used during one of the first four races of the year and have it approved by the FIA.
That will then be used a reference and engine torque curves above 6,000rpm must not vary by more than plus or minus two per cent from that reference map.
Vettel, though, reckons it won't have a big impact on Red Bull's title quest.
"Obviously there is a lot of talk, and there was some talk Saturday night and Sunday which was not nice for us in terms of race preparation," the German told Autosport.
"We only knew an hour before the race what was going to happen, but we took it and obviously it was good for us to start from the grid. It was also clear that probably it was not the last action to be taken.
"But, to be honest, I think there was more of a fuss in writing and talking, than in the mapping in the car."
He did, however, add that it could make his RB8 a "little bit different" in Hungary.
"Obviously, if you look at the cars this year they are different to last year in terms of regulations, and the way you are forced to put your exhaust in a certain position," he said.
"If you look at what people tried to achieve it is similar to last year, so everyone tries to do his best. But it is not as if the car does not work now any more. I am quite confident that nothing will change.
"But obviously we had what we had in the car in Hockenheim because we believed it was quickest, so it is a little bit different for here. But it is hard to give you a figure: if it is two tenths, half a tenth, or nothing. We cannot measure."
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