The British team caused a stir when at the Barcelona weekend showed up with a single-seater which was very reminiscent of the RB18 di Verstappen and Perez. The controversies have not been lacking, but to date the conditions seem to be missing to keep the 'litigation' open.
The beginning of the dispute
When on the Catalan track Aston Martin showed the world the shapes of AMR22 evolved, the house of Milton Keynes could not help but dispute the alleged 'plagiarism' to the FIA. The Federation had already given the OK to the Silverstone team a priori regarding the legality of technical updates. What Milton Keynes disputed was the intellectual property theft: thesis at first sight not to be excluded if one considers the transfer of numerous technicians from the house of the winged bull to the team symbol of the 'British' automotive culture.
However, the Federation has taken steps to start one second analysis: stewards went to the Aston Martin headquarters to verify any transfer of ownership, obviously which is grossly illegal. Testing didn't give Red Bull what he was hoping for, e Lawrence Stroll's team she was exonerated.
Red Bull survey
The Anglo-Austrian team has also been busy in recent weeks, but once again Aston Martin breathes a sigh of relief. The transfer of intellectual property seems to have never been there, and spoke about the investigations Helmut Marko, which he confirmed the lack of computer evidence. Red Bull, However, not 100% convinced, although for now it has very little to do about it.
Mark's words
The Austrian councilor had his say on the matter, and from his words it is understood that in Milton Keynes, as usual, they did not give up. Marko tries to incentivize the FIA to clarify the matter"The truth is that we we can't prove anything concrete. To tell the truth, we're not even focusing much on this aspect, because we don't see Aston Martin as our direct opponent. And then what cannot be proven with certainty must be left alone. I said there was some data downloaded, but I didn't say where it went. However we would like the FIA to clarify how far it is possible to go. We have a sister team, AlphaTauri, and in theory AlphaTauri should be the team that most resembles Red Bull".
Aston-Martin on the defensive
The English team has sheltered from the heavy accusations of plagiarism launched from home Red Bull. Technical director Andy Green has revealed that the design of the evolved version of the AMR22 it had started even before the staff hemorrhage which affected the Milton Keynes factories.
The initial approval of the FIA to take the car to the track suggests that there is already certainty of legality of the car of Hag and Stroll; but in Milton Keynes they are not convinced, what they could do they did, without results. All that remains is for him to hope for a deepening of the federation, but at the moment the case seems to be more than closed.
SOURCE: Motorsport-Total
