Sergio Perez has defended his Racing Point team following co𝔍nfirmation rivals Renault F1 have lodged a protest against its car over its evident similari💎ties to the 2019 title-winning Mercedes W10 car.

Dubbed the ‘pink Mercedes’, the Racing Poin🌄t RP20 garnered a lot of attention over the winter for its striking similarity to the 2019-spec Mercedes W10 from its lithe shape, down to its unusually shaped nose cone.

With its Mercedes-sourced power unit and gearbox, the similar aerodynamics – which Racing Point insist ജhave been based on its visual interpretation of the W10 – have raised concerns it now errs too closely to a direct customer car, which isn’t permitted in the regulations.

As such, Renault is taking its complaint to the governing body, though have previously said it 🌄predominately seeks clarity mo🐠ving forward.

However, when asked by ltxcn.top for a reaction to the protest, Perez says it does▨n’t deserve to discredit the work done by the Racing P✃oint crew to survive financial difficulties to emerge with a truly competitive car.

Whether it looks similar or not to the Mercedes, we cannot hide away that it looks similar to the Mercedes car but the most important thing for🍨 me is that we don’t take any praise off the boys back home, we have done extremely weไll with minimal resources.

“Thin♎gs over the years have been extremely challenging for our team, with all the difficulties with the financial issues and so on.

“We always knew there was a potential in placd but we were not able to exploit is. So I want to give praise to all the factory, allꦚ the people working back home and trackside, they have done a tremendous job an♋d I believe our car is 100% legal.”