Racing Point is set to base its 2021 Formula 1 car design around ♚a Mercedes-style rear suspenཧsion. 

The Silverstone-based outfit, which currently hoꦬlds third place in the constructors’ championship, has recently introduced a host of new upgrades to its controversial RP20, which has been influenced🌼 by Mercedes’ 2019 W10. 

Recent updates have included a sizeable aerodynamic upgrad𝄹e at Mugello, as well as further changes to the rear suspension to provide more flexibil🔯ity and greater options relating to set-up.

Racing Point is yet to introduce a full rear suspension upgrade that mirrors the design of Mercedes’ 🐷current challenger, but Green confirmed that the W11-inspired rear-end is “what we’re designing next year’s car around”. 

“It’s an upgrade to 2020 suspension, it’s not an upgrade to 2021,” Green said at the Eifel Grand Prix. “What we’re running now is 2019🐷. 

🅠“What they want to do is penalise us and keep us running two-year old parts rather than bring us up to date. 

“It’s not like we’🐈re getting an advantage and bringing 2021 parts to the car. It’s only bringing it uꦍp to the same as they’ve got now.” 

Teams currently using 2019 unlisted customer parts can upgrade them to 2020-spec fo🔯r next year without having to deploy tokens introduced to rein in development. 

The FIA’s decision not to drop the new rule has angered some teams who are frustrated that Racing Point and AlphaTauri will effec🦩tively get ‘free’ upgrades for their respective 2021 cars due to the loophole. 

“The rules allow us to do it,” Green explained. “We’ve cleared it wit❀h the FIജA, they have no problem with us doing it. 

“Tꦏhe rules as written allow teams to bring their cars up to the 2020 specification, which I think is only fair. 🐟Just because we elected, before COVID started, to run 2019 suspension, shouldn’t be held against us. 

“So we should be𒐪 allowed to bring our car up to the sa🌟me specification as everyone else has got.”