Five teams – half the grid – have said they intend to appeal against the decision to punish Racing Point for illegally copying Mercedes parts. The decision found Racing Point guilty of using an effective copy of Mercedes’ 2019 rear brake ducts on their 2020 car, which is forbidden by Formula 1 regulations. The information regarding these parts had been supplied legally by Mercedes in 2019, but a change of regulations before the 2020 season made brake ducts a part of the car that teams have to design themselves. Despite the ruling saying the parts had been designed illegally, were run illegally at the first four races, and would continue to be in contravention of the regulations if they remained on the car, Racing Point have been allowed to carry on using them.

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