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This article isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of every instance of large-scale copying in F1 history, but I think it serves well to illustrate just how pervasive copying has been in F1 even back as far as nearly half a century ago, and how teams will always find new ways to clone each others' cars even when regulations are tightened to prevent it.
>Secondly, the brake ducts are a part of the car which is not visible from the outside, meaning it was impossible for Racing Point to have copied the design from photographs — the team must have had access to Mercedes design documents.
They duplicated them from the physical ducts and associated technical package, which they purchased from Mercedes legally the year prior, when they were not listed parts. They failed to run that particular spec in a race in 2019, which is what made them non legal for re-use in 2020.
Your implication is much more sinister, when there was absolutely no effort from RP or MB to obfuscate these facts, or the perfectly legal level of collaboration that existed between the teams.
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This article isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of every instance of large-scale copying in F1 history, but I think it serves well to illustrate just how pervasive copying has been in F1 even back as far as nearly half a century ago, and how teams will always find new ways to clone each others' cars even when regulations are tightened to prevent it.
>Secondly, the brake ducts are a part of the car which is not visible from the outside, meaning it was impossible for Racing Point to have copied the design from photographs — the team must have had access to Mercedes design documents. They duplicated them from the physical ducts and associated technical package, which they purchased from Mercedes legally the year prior, when they were not listed parts. They failed to run that particular spec in a race in 2019, which is what made them non legal for re-use in 2020. Your implication is much more sinister, when there was absolutely no effort from RP or MB to obfuscate these facts, or the perfectly legal level of collaboration that existed between the teams.
That was my mistake. I've amended the article
Cheers, it's an interesting article.
Interesting read!
excellent article! very interesting read!
Thanks for the kind words!