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FIA visited Racing Point factory to validate 'pink Mercedes'

Racing Point technical director Andy Green says the FIA paid the team a pre-season visit to "thoroughly check" and validate the pink outfit's Mercedes-inspired RP20 design. Racing Point's 2020 charger caused quite a stir when it was unveiled in Barcelona at the start of pre-season testing, with rival mid-field teams shocked by the car's level of similarity with Mercedes' 2019 design. Rumors of a protest emerged in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, but the potential contestation was drowned by the event's cancellation amid the coronavirus crisis. Abiteboul: Racing Point 'pink Mercedes' like forged artwork But among the unhappy teams, Renault - which labeled the RP20 a...
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