Racing Point must have received “data” and “drawings” from Mercedes in order to create a fully-competitive copy of the reigning champion team’s 2019 car. Racing Point, whose ‘pink Mercedes’ case is set to proceed to the international court of appeal following the FIA’s protest ruling, insists it designed its car purely on the basis of photos. What Racing Point did and what Mercedes did means there were two perpetrators. “If there was no offense, there is no need for a deal. The fact is that all the cars with Ferrari engines were suddenly 0.8 to 1.2 seconds per lap at the season opener in Austria.

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