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RENAULT protests RACING POINT: These are Mercedes components!

Renault has filed a protest against the design solutions on the Racing Point RP20, but the commissioners will not discuss it yet.

Renault protest against Racing Point is otherwise approved and allowed, is FIA certificates after the race for the Styrian Grand Prix in Spielberg. On the other hand, there are representatives World Automobile Federation make it clear to all actors that decisions will not be taken on the spot, but on an indefinite date, if and when they are available necessary evidence and the Commissioners will be able to complete their work accordingly.

Commissioners the FIA ​​has to investigate in detail whether they are Racing Point od Mercedesa you took over Listed Parts, therefore, the components of the car, which are required to be made by the teams themselves, will therefore include independent experts and, of course, representatives of all three teams affected by the protest. (Renault, Racing Point and Mercedes).

Specifically, the protest touches this time air deflectors to the brakes by Racing Point used on RP20. These will first be compared with the parts they are at Mercedes used on last year’s W10 race car, so the German team will have to hand over these parts to the commission for inspection.

The commissioners have already seized and sealed the said parts on both pink racing cars, with which they Czech Perez in Lance stroll in Spielberg ranked 6th and 7th. Both Racing Point, especially the Mexican, were very fast last race weekend, which of course was anything but pleasant for direct competition.

At Renault, there are opinions that Mercedes Racing Point not only helps with data, but also manufactures individual components for them.

"I think everyone should be worried about Racing Point," said the team director after the race Red Bull Christian horner. His colleague Cyril Abiteboul (Renault) apparently thinks similarly, so he went a step further - his team officially protested against the team after the race Racing Point on suspicion that the RP20 is actually a copy Mercedes W10.

What’s more, Renault Pink also blames the team unauthorized data exchanges with Mercedes, which is prohibited for the manufacture of certain components. At the same time, the French want the FIA ​​to check the materials from which these parts are made, as they also suspect that Mercedes Racing Point said components also manufactured.

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