Racing Point technical director Andy Green has insisted Formula 1 needs an element of copying in car design otherwise the sport would “stagnate”. Green’s comments relate to the controversy earlier this year in which Racing Point were fined 400,000 euros and docked 15 points in the constructors’ World Championship after the rear brake ducts on their cars were found to be too similar to those on the 2019 Mercedes. Although Racing Point can continue to use the brake ducts on their cars this season and merely receive a reprimand, the FIA have subsequently modified the regulations to outlaw such moves next year. But Green feels his team have been made something of a scapegoat when it...
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