The team was punished with the deduction of 15 championship points and a fine.
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They are said to have copied the Mercedes from 2019.
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Team boss Briatore was banned for this.
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Formula 1 in the Corona period. For the circus, which has been quarreling for years, there is no reason to put aside the vanities or resentment.
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Every dispute continues to be fully exploited in order to present itself worldwide. The latest example is only intended to hide one’s own weaknesses.
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Renault, Ferrari, McLaren and Williams are now appealing the FIA ruling. They believe that Racing Point-Mercedes was punished too mildly with 400,000 euros and the deduction of 15 championship points.
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Renault had protested against the Pink Panther because it copied the Mercedes from 2019. Especially the brake ventilation. Now the car is still legal because only the design process was penalized.
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Ferrari, McLaren and Renault have cheated themselves
One can argue about it. But these dissatisfied teams should think back for a moment. In 2019, Ferrari even threatened to be excluded from the World Cup because a sensor was tricked and more gasoline was injected than is legal. The case, oddly enough, ended in a secret deal between the Reds and the FIA.
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In 2007 it was an ex-Ferrari chief mechanic who, out of anger (“we didn’t always win with fair means!”), Sent 780 internal pages to McLaren. The espionage case ended with a $ 100 million fine for the British!
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In 2008 the “Crashgate” occurred in Singapore. Renault ordered driver Piquet junior in an accident to trigger the yellow flags to enable Alonso to win. And so it happened. Renault boss Briatore was banned for years.