Szafnauer responds to copygate Racing Point: "Have acted according to the rules."

Otmar Szafnauer still doesn't think he cheated on Racing Point. That's what the team boss of the race stable says in response to a question at the press conference about the alleged copy of the Mercedes car.

"We've been given a long list of questions and answered. We trust to have operated within the rules. Our team knows the rules and knows what's allowed. People shouldn't be surprised that we - as one of the smallest teams, still - are actually the fourth fastest team now that we have a little more money to make. That we fight above our weight class is in the DNA of this team," Szafnauer said at the press conference ahead of Sunday's race.

Racing Point has been under fire for weeks because according to critics the RP20 looks suspiciously like the Mercedes car in which Lewis Hamilton crowned world champion last season. Renault, among others, made a protest. Formula 1 did not label it as copying.