they cant turn around after saying 3 times that they are ok and within the rules that they are now outside the rules , it would be madness....oh hang on , this is F1 isn't it?
seriouslty tho' , all this "not within the spirit of the regulations" stuff is a load of cr@p, try that in a court of law in the real world.
some teams saw it , others didn't , get over it and catch up.