F1 26 Mule car tests now allowed, Sporting Regs revision gives teams 10 days

[John S]

How on earth this was missed out when Regs where announced is a mystery. 

How are teams supposed to make smaller lighter cars for 26 without some testing on track well ahead of time?

Still means life is difficult for grid over mule car, choice of smaller pre 22 cars without ground effect or heavily adapted chassis of present era.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-approves-regulation-change-to-allow-2026-mule-car-testing/10641043/

[Jericoke]

what is the point?  Are they hoping someone shows up to testing/first race of the season with a hopelessly useless car and then have to run it anyway because there's simply no budget/time to fix it?

Or is this a way to prevent a team from using the current season budget on a next year car?