Racing Point 2020 Car Mercedes
So much so that several fans and experts dubbed the rp20 as a pink mercedes.
Racing point 2020 car mercedes. Racing point ceo otmar szafnauer recently revealed why the team chose to follow mercedes design philosophy for their 2020 car. Racing point have been docked 15 points and fined 400000 euros 361000 for illegally copying parts of last years mercedes car. Racing point uses customer engines from mercedes and has admitted basing its 2020 car design on photographs of last years mercedes car. However before the 70th anniversary grand prix at.
The ruling came following a protest by renault against the 2020. As the new racing point rp20 rolled out for pre season testing even the most casual of observers could see it bore more than a passing resemblance to last years silver arrow. Racing point team principal otmar szafnauer hit back claiming his teams new car has been a result of significant investment in its design office and not due to its relationship with mercedes. Racing point revealed their 2020 challenger the rp20 on.
For the unaware racing points 2020 car bears a strong resemblance to last years championship winning car from mercedes. The racing point team have been punished by the fia after they were judged to have illegally copied part of the 2019 mercedes car. The similarities led to the racing point being nicknamed. The racing point team have been punished by the fia after they were judged to have illegally copied part of last years mercedes car.
Mclaren boss zak brown has described racing points explanation for having such a similar car to last years mercedes as bs in light of findings relating to its brake ducts. The renault f1 team which has protested racing points entries after each of the last three formula 1 races alleged that the racing point 2020 car was designed and built as a copy of the 2019.