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Renault slams Racing Point over brake bias protest

Oct.26 Cyril Abiteboul has slammed rival team Racing Point over the recent protest about Renault's now-banned brake bias adjustment system. Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were disqualified from the results of the recent Japanese GP at Suzuka. The FIA found the brake balance system to be a 'driver aid', but not technically illegal. But Renault team boss Abiteboul thinks Racing Point should have taken a different approach to querying the innovation. "If they had put their doubts to us and to the FIA, we could have explained it," he said. "I have to raise the issue about how they went about it. They had a choice," Abiteboul added. "They could have asked the FIA...
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