The FIA stewards have upheld Renault's protest against Racing Point's brake ducts, handing a 400,000 to the team and withdrawing 15 points from its Styrian Grand Prix results. Renault protested its midfield rival after the second race of the season in Austria, targeting the brake ducts of Racing Point's RP20, a listed part that teams must design on their own. Renault argued that the component was visibly similar to the element used on Mercedes 2019 car, hinting that the part had been merely replicated and not designed in-house by Racing Point. In Friday's ruling, F1's governing body upheld Renault's argument, concluding that Mercedes was the "principal" designer of the brake...
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