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Racing Point sought to 'copy' Renault brake system

Speaking in Mexico, Racing Point team boss, Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that his team only protested the legality of Renault's brake-bias system after it was refused permission by the FIA to copy it. Earlier this week, Renault had both its drivers disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix after it was deemed that the system, which allows the brake bias to be adjusted automatically, is a driver aid. 'We started looking at it after Silverstone,' said Szafnauer. 'We, ourselves, had some issues with our brake bias actually failing, which I think resulted in Checo running into Hulkenberg at the restart after the Safety Car. That's when we started looking at making our system a little bit more...
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