Bojan Vrbnjak
Team Renault is on the Sunday after the race for GP of Styria in Spielberg filed a protest against the team Racing Point, who finished sixth and seventh in the race.
Their result therefore remains temporary, while FIA studies Renault a protest relating to the similarities between the design of the car’s brake lines RP20 and last year Mercedes W10. "The BWT Racing Point F1 team is very disappointed that their results of the race for the Styrian Grand Prix are in question, as we believe that the protest was misconceived and poorly informed," so Racing Point in a statement taken by colleagues from RaceFans. "We strongly reject any suggestion of misconduct and the team will do everything necessary to ensure the correct application of the regulations."
Due to the external similarities between the race car RP20 and last year Mercedes W10, is a team Racing Point became the target of speculation and debate already in the winter tests in Barcelona. While the team openly admittedthat they accepted the same aerodynamic philosophy as a team of world champions, from whom they get powertrains and a gearbox, they are a race car RP20 designed with the parts listed ”listed parts“, Which is also allowed by the rules Formula 1. "Prior to the start of the season, the team worked fully with the FIA on the design of the RP20 race car. For this reason, we are confident that the protest will be rejected,”Reads the statement.
