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Racing Point: 'Zero impact' on business model from copy crackdown

Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer says next year's drastic restrictions on design replication will have "zero impact" on the Silverstone-based outfit's business model. The FIA is set to amend Formula 1's technical regulations to prevent teams from copying, or reverse engineering, the design of a rival outfit's car through photographic evidence or any other method of replication. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing sage involving Racing Point's RP20 which the team has openly admitted is based on last year's championship-winning Mercedes W10. Following a protest by Renault of the RP20's brake ducts, the FIA levied 400,000 euros fine on Racing Point and withdrew 15...
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