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Racing Point plead innocence after ‘unfair' and ‘disappointing' verdict
Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer insists his team is innocent after they were cleared by the FIA prior to the start of the 2020 Formula 1 season and the decision to penalise them is therefore 'unfair'. The FIA ruled on Friday morning that Renault's protest of the Racing Point RP20 was valid and as a result have deducted the Silverstone-based team 15 Constructors' points and fined them 400,000. Szafnauer is seeking further clarification on the matter and hasn't yet decided if Racing Point will appeal the verdict, but remains insistent that they followed the rules – which the FIA themselves admit are 'ambiguous' – and were given the all-clear pre-season. 'We are still trying to...
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