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Racing Point confirms switch to Mercedes W11 suspension for 2021

Racing Point has confirmed it will switch to Mercedes' current suspension set-up next year, after the FIA cleared them to do so despite complaints from rival teams. Racing Point has been accused of copying the championship-winning Mercedes W10, which led to rival teams protesting it. Whilst the rules allow some parts to be copied or bought from a rival, other parts cannot, and the FIA fined Racing Point 400,000 and docked the team 15 Constructors' points after it was found to have copied Mercedes' rear-brake ducts. However suspension doesn't come under such rules, therefore Racing Point will switch to the current set-up run on the Mercedes W11, although this too has upset some rival teams...
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