For some time now, some teams have filed complaints with the International Automobile Federation (FIA, for its French acronym). The motives? they denounce copies or models of cars very similar to theirs.
Cases like Racing Point with Mercedes or Haas with Ferrari, They encouraged the French organization to take action on the matter and to rule that each team was responsible for the creation of its vehicle designs, this related to a zero tolerance policy with plagiarism.
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Due to this, a controversy is being presented in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Two models of very similar single-seaters in design arrived at the competition.
al seem, andhe Aston Martin team came up with a design very similar to the one being used by the RedBull team. This is surprising because the models with which they have historically been presented at these competitions have changed quite a bit.
The resemblance caused racing fans to begin asking if it was legitimate to race such similar cars.
The FIA was forced to intervene and carry out the respective investigations to clarify what happened. From the organization they confessed to having noticed certain similarities in the technical reviews of the new Aston Martin with an opponent.
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In that sense, the organization began to verify that the case was not a violation of any rule data transfer or reverse engineering.
“The investigation, with CAD checks and a detailed analysis of Aston Martin’s development process, confirmed that no standards had been breached.” affirms the FIA in the official statement about it.
Along the same lines, it goes without saying that it is a coincidence and not a strategic plagiarism by the team. However, the statement of the entity has not gone down well with the press and the followers.
Several claim that This case is similar to another that occurred a few years ago.when the same organization turned a blind eye when an Aston Martin model had Mercedes brake cooling ducts.