Something BTCC boss man Alan Gow said to Louise Goodman in ITV4′s build up to yesterday’s meeting at Brands Hatch didn’t sit right with me at all. Jason Plato had, of course, been complaining that the LPG turbo powered Team Aon Ford Focus was too damned fast in a straight line. He’s probably right. Goodman put that to Gow, who dismissed it, with the observation that the equalisation rules are about the package as a whole, not just top speed or any other individual element.

Rewind to last November, when Gow introduced the mandatory longer first gear for the BMWs, specifically to negate their advantage off the line. He dismissed the fact that rear-wheel drive cars, though having an advantage off the line, have disadvantages in the wet, and are virtually unable to recover from even the smallest tap from a competitor. It demonstrably wasn’t about the whole package; it was about addressing one specific element.

But inconsistency is nothing new in rule making. Gow’s other argument against changes to the LPG regulations – that the cars hadn’t won a race – are now very much a thing of the past after their stunning performance at Brands Hatch. Perhaps they will be detuned a touch. But one thing’s for sure: complaints from the likes of Plato are only going to get louder.