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Racing Point hit with 15-point deduction over brake ducts

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Racing Point received a 400,000 Euro fine, 15-point deduction from its championship points and has been reprimanded after the FIA upheld Renault's protests against its brake ducts. The team's cars had raised eyebrows earlier this year when they were first unveiled in Barcelona, with the RP20 cars looking remarkably similar to last year's Mercedes-AMG W10 race cars.

After the Styrian GP last month, the Renault F1 team had lodged a protest against Racing Point with the stewards, alleging that the team had directly copied the brake ducts from last year's championship-winning Mercedes W10. At the end of a lengthy investigation, stewards concluded that Racing Point's brake duct design was in breach of F1's design rules.

Racing Point was investigated after Renault lodged a complaint on the matter after the Styrian GP

Racing Point admitted that it had taken inspiration for this year's car from the W10, but also insisted that it was well within the rules of F1. However, the FIA concluded that the principal designer of its brake duct was Mercedes, which flouted the design rules of the sport. Mercedes supplies its engines suspension and other critical components to the Silverstone-based team, among other teams on the grid.