While the signing of the new Concorde Agreement between F1, the FIA and the teams is delayed, the furore surrounding Racing Point’s brake ducts penalty rumbles on ahead of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix.
The Silverstone-based team were last week fined £355,000 (€400,000) and had 15 points docked from their constructors’ tally after FIA stewards deemed them to have copied the brake ducts from Mercedes’ title-winning car from 2019.
Racing Point insist they have done nothing wrong and have confirmed they will appeal the punishment, which came after a protest from rivals Renault.
Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll said: “I am extremely angry at any suggestion we have been underhand or have cheated – particularly those comments coming from our competitors.”
Ferrari and Renault, meanwhile, are appealing the perceived leniency of the sanction, with McLaren and Williams now opting against taking action.
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