Bojan Vrbnjak
First Racing Point remains unresolved. Otherwise it is Renault withdrew its protest against the Commissioners' decisions, but Ferrari in Racing Point however, they are still insisting on a hearing. Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes, but does not count on this case to land in the Court of Appeal.
Racing Point are commissioners FIA in other races Silverstone punished with fine and withdrawal 15 design pointsbecause of form and development brake channels they could not be attributed to the intellectual property of the team, much more to Mercedes. Teams Renault, Ferrari, McLaren in Williams with result and judgment FIA they were not satisfied and expressed interest in objecting. In the end, they only filed it Renault in Ferrari, who considered the sentence too lenient. He also filed a protest Racing Pointbecause they think they are unjustifiably punished and because they want to wash their name. On top of that, the team is convinced that the protests are based mainly on the fact that the team did a significant step forward - in close cooperation with Mercedes.
"This is part of the political games in Formula 1,”Is in an interview for Sky said Toto wolff. "They rebelled against the performance of Racing Point, which is truly remarkable this season. This, however, has nothing to do with brake channels. They simply did a good job.“Team leader Mercedes praise Racing Point for their big step forward. “This is a great group of people who have worked on a small budget over the years. And that’s why they reduced the backlog to us." Wolff believes that this matter will be clarified in the coming weeks. “I don’t expect this to land in the Court of Appeal."To that end, they must withdraw their protest as well Ferrari in Racing Point. Will this happen? “I don't know that,”Adds Wolff.
