

"Many were calling it a Red Bull lookalike Aston Martin We tried the first one and now we're trying this one." Explaining the Aston Martin controversy "It wasn't easy to bring it here, it's been flat out for the last few months to get all the bits.but hopefully it brings improvement. "We designed it over the winter and we brought it to the track this weekend. "I've heard some people say that, but we really did our job back at the factory," Stroll said. Sky F1's Ted Kravitz reports on what upgrades Mercedes and the other teams will be bringing to their cars ahead of this weekend's Spanish GP.Īston Martin say their car was a result of "legitimate independent work", while Lance Stroll spoke to Sky Sports F1 earlier about the AMR22. "However, should any transfer of IP have taken place that would clearly be a breach of regulations and would be a serious concern." "While imitation is the greatest form of flattery, any replication of design would obviously need to comply with the FIA's rules around 'Reverse Engineering'," the team said.

In their own statement, Red Bull say they "noted the FIA's statement with interest". "In the analysis we carried out we confirmed that the processes followed by Aston Martin were consistent with this Article's requirements." Red Bull respond to FIA statement, Horner on 'copying' the digital process of converting photographs (or other data) to CAD models, and prohibits IP transfer between teams, but equally, this Article permits car designs getting influenced by those of competitors, as has always been the case in Formula 1." The FIA said Article 17.3 "specifically defines and prohibits 'Reverse Engineering', i.e. Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this Privacy Options
