Abiteboul: 'We expect them to become public at some point'

Renault has appealed to the FIA for clarification of the new anti-copy rules. Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul confirmed that the FIA had responded to the request. With the new rules, teams are no longer allowed to take over the designs of rival teams.

Copying rules

According to RaceFans.net, Renault's questions mainly concern teams using the same wind tunnel, such as Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri. Renault also asked about copying so-called 'Listed Team Components' [LTC]. These are components that are designed, manufactured and used by a single team.

Renault also went deeper into this LTC and wondered to what extent one team could copy the other. For example, whether the general concept can be copied from a rival.

Reaction public soon

"Up until a certain point these communications with the FIA are confidential matters. but we expect that at some point they will become public material", says Abiteboul. According to Abiteboul, it is important that every team is well informed. "We believe that they are very important for any team to make sure they comply with the stance of the FIA on these things after obviously the precedent of this year and the controversy of this year. We have had a response from Nikolas. He is in the process of turning that into something more formal that can then become public."