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Racing Point ‘had to take risk' with Mercedes-inspired 2020 car

Racing Point’s technical chief says the team had to adopt a “very big risk” with its 2020 car in order to move up the championship standings. Racing Point, seventh in last year’s classification, emerged last week with its RP20 and comparisons were immediately drawn between its new car and Mercedes’ title-winning W10. It is the first brand-new car to have been developed since Lawrence Stroll’s acquisition of Force India in mid-2018. Long-time technical boss Andrew Green acknowledged there was “some resemblance” to the W10 but stressed the RP20 was not merely a carbon copy of an opponent’s package. “It is a conscious decision from about the middle of last year when we saw...
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