I know, it's hard to say for sure, but I doubt there's even an engine at all. 5000 vaporware-tastic horses.

Do these guys know that just because you put '5000bhp' on the side of the engine, does not mean it has 5000bhp

Manual traction control is called a driver's arse and his right foot.

It would also explain Sauber's resurgence recently as well... they have reverted to a near-2012 spec Coanda-exhaust, which is a ramp-style configuration ala Red Bull. As all the engines have some sort of blowing still built into them (because naturally some of an effect is better than none at all), Sauber have…

Exactement... it's not that they've skirted rules about what constituted TC when it was used before by inventing a new way of doing it... the concept of TC itself is what is banned, so anything that creates it is illegal.

The way the rules are written, there is no legal way to engineer TC into your car. TC as a concept is banned in all forms.

But all the engines, Renault, Mercedes, Ferrari and even Cosworth, use cylinder deactivation both for fuel conservation and torque curve control.

Because Red Bull has no reason to put it on Webber's car. Vettel is given a car that can win the race, whilst Webber's car is 'setup' to gain enough points that he doesn't become a nuisance to Vettel in the race, and that he takes a decent chunk of points off Vettel's rivals.

As Raph and others have noted above in the comments, Article 9.3 of the FIA F1 regs covers traction control, and forbids any system that acts as some form of traction control...

What about the Benetton 'actually has TC programmed into the car, but we never used it...'

Which would mean if the scrutineers can prove that this rumoured technology does provide traction control... it's gone.

In Mitsuoka's case that might be entirely on purpose...

Some of the interpretation of the technology in this video suggests CNN may have helped make it...

So is this what Zephrammmm... I mean, Elon is working on until he comes up with warp drive?

What's even safer than 'just' investing in winter tyres...

Major safety reduction too... but hey some of the old Lotus guys would be proud of that level of commitment to adding lightness!

I don't own a car or indeed have a driving licence... but I love cars and Jalopnik, so I don't think it's a necessary criteria, however silly it may seem.

Nah he heard from his 'friend' that you just need to add some VTEC in there... and boom you have an 8 second quarter mile GTR.

I preferred it when it was just called 'Geoff'.... thus proving this article completely right!

Sorry but nope... Ferrari F40's should only be red as per Enzo's vision. Anyone who paints theirs in anything else doesn't get the point...