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Szafnauer finds the ‘good news' in the FIA ruling

Racing Point may be 15 points and 400,000 Euros down but the 'good news' for Otmar Szafnauer is that the RP20's brake ducts are technically legal. After three protests and a hearing on Wednesday, the FIA handed down its ruling on Racing Point's brake ducts on Friday. A new rule this season is that all teams have to design their own brake ducts, which in the past Racing Point bought from Mercedes. Last year Racing Point ran Mercedes' front ducts but not the rears given that the back end of the two cars were very different. Designing this year's RP20, Racing Point based the car's front ducts on last year's ducts and, as an 'evolution', those have been declared legal. Get your hands on the...
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