Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski has said he is hoping the FIA is “all over” illegal inter-team collaboration. With Formula 1 adopting new regulations next year, teams with technical partnerships – such as Ferrari and Haas, or Mercedes and Aston Martin – could benefit greatly from collaborating with or copying one another. This issue was highlighted last year, after Racing Point (now racing under the Aston Martin brand) were found to have illegally copied the rear brake ducts of Mercedes’ 2019 car. Budkowski has stressed that Alpine have nothing to gain from illegally helping other teams gain an advantage, but noted that this isn’t the case throughout the F1 grid. 'I...
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