Racing Point has been reprimanded, docked constructors’ championship points and fined 400,000 Euros after the FIA upheld Renault’s protests against its brake ducts.
In a lengthy summary handed down by the governing body on Friday morning, stewards concluded that Racing Point’s brake duct design was in breach of F1 design rules.
The FIA concluded that the ‘principal’ designer of the brake duct design was Mercedes, which meant Racing Point had broken the rules with what it had done.
It was decided that the team would lose 15 constructors’ championship points for the Styrian Grand Prix as well as be fined. Furthermore, it was reprimanded for having run the ducts in the Hungarian and British Grands Prix.
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