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Newey on his ‘lazy' method of copying

Don't show Adrian Newey a photograph of a car and ask him to copy it, rather the Brit prefers to see it in person. Last season the copying of Formula 1 cars became one of the season's headlines when Racing Point debuted a pink Mercedes. Basing on their car on the 2019 Mercedes, Racing Point's RP20 took copying to an entirely new level, one that their rivals did not appreciate. Renault protested the RP20, focusing on its brake ducts with the rules stating that all the teams have to design their own, with the FIA ruling that they were based on Mercedes'. Racing Point was hit with a fine and also lost 15 points in the Constructors' Championship, ultimately costing them third place in the...
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