McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says the FIA’s verdict on Racing 🌱Point proves the team’s claim💯s that is only used photographs to clone Mercedes’ 2019 Formula 1 car is “BS”.

The FIA stewards published a lengthy verdict on Friday💯 morning which concluded that Racing Point was guilty of breaking the design rules on listed parts by using the rear brake duct design of the 2019 title-winning Mercedes W10 on its much-debated RP20 car.

Racing Point was docked 15 championship constructors’ points a♛nd fined €400,000 for the sporting regulation breacꦉh, as well as being handed two reprimands.

The🅠 Silverstone-based outfit has always insisted it’s design process was legal but Brown believe♍s the FIA’s ruling could be “potentially the tip of the iceberg”, adding “everything else” on Racing Point’s 2020 car should now be questioned.

“My initial reaction is Racing Point☂ has been found guilty,” Brown said on Friday ahead of this weekend’s 70th Anni🦋versary Grand Prix at Silverstone.

“I am concerned that they sܫtill have what was deemed illegal in Austria on the race car now. I think that is confusing for the fans, how i🥂s something that is not legal in Austria still on the car?

“Around this whole copying, obviously they cla♊imed that they had copi💦ed the car via photography. It’s clear from reading the document that that is BS.

“And therefore you have to question everything else around that car. I think this is potentially the tip of the iceberg, 🌟the starting point of what has happened here.

“I don’t think it’s he💮althy for the sport. The constructor gets a penalty but the drivers don’t. As the teams we all compete with each other, but then the drivers compete with each other and are able to keep their points when driving for the Drivers’ Championship.

“I think it’s thrown up a lot more questions than answerꦐs and there is new evidence that we are able𓆏 to see.

“It is something that we are going to review quickly so that we are able🔯 to understand the process and if that’s something we want to potentially participate in.”

Renault is ♓set to make a decision over whether to appeal against the penalty following Friday practice at Silverstone, while Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto also indicated he was unhappy and wants clarity on the situation.

“We believe it is not possible to copy and simply understand the full conc♔e🧔pt behind the car,” Binotto explained.

“It is something that which again we have said in a letter to the FIA that we really argue the entire concept and entire process, we believe that the regulations are clear enough and we believe therꦕe may be a breach of regulation in that process.

“But at the moment we are looking ahead and looking forward and it’s💯 something on which we need to clarify.

“I don’t think that the verdict 🌠of today is sufficient because it is only relevant to the brake ducts and not the entire concept, so I think it is only the top of the iceberg ꩵbut there is much to further discuss.

“But if it has never happened so far in the history of Formula 1𓃲 it means𒊎 somehow it is almost impossible to do it.”