Racing Point does not doubt the legality of its RP20 and puts forward its arguments

The affair has been shaking up post-races since the Styrian Grand Prix. Renault F1 Team questions legality of Racing Point RP20, the French brand arguing that the brake ducts of the car do not respect the FIA ​​sporting regulations.

After a first protest filed on the evening of the second round of the season, Renault reiterated its protest last night, in the face of which Otmar Szafnauer's clan says it is confident.

“Renault protested against these brake ducts and we have no others because these elements are legal, says the Team Principal when asked about the possibility of a plan B for Racing Point. We have no worries, our scoops are legal, we used them the weekend before, and again this weekend and we will do it at Silverstone.

It is impossible for them to be non-compliant. It takes a long time to design and manufacture, these elements are very, very complicated and we have 886 unique designs for our brake ducts »

Szafnauer, who believes that only the brake ducts are attacked by Renault, also specifies that he is a little frustrated by this situation. "Probably the only reason you might feel a little frustrated is because I have all the information on how we designed and developed our brake ducts, and the rest of the world doesn't know it yet because we did not disclose this to the commissioners.

We had disclosed it to the FIA, and the FIA ​​was convinced that what we had done was absolutely legal. However, this is not how the justice system works.

It just takes a little while because when the FIA ​​came to us to study how we had designed and developed the car, including the brake ducts, they stayed for two days. People looked at all of our drawings, looked at the design and development process, what we did in the wind tunnel and with CFD, to see how we got to where we are, and they were happy.

With commissioners you can't do that. You have to bring them the data, then also explain in words and drawings what you have done. It takes a little longer. So the only reason I'm frustrated is because I know what we did and why it's legal. »

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