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‘That’s BS’: Formula One rocked by Racing Point copycat car controversy involving Mercedes – Wide World of Sports
Champions Mercedes embroiled in scandal
Racing Point was deducted 15 points in the Formula One constructors’ championship and fined 400,000€ ($A658,558) on Friday for copying a Mercedes design for its brake ducts.
Now a rule change is planned to hamper teams who try to reverse-engineer rivals’ cars.
The stewards ruled Mercedes was the “principal designer” of the parts, designed for the championship-winning 2019 car, and Racing Point made only minor changes to computer design data it received from Mercedes.
Rival team Renault filed …
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