McLaren Rac♏ing CEO Zak Brown says the FIA’s verdict on Racing Point proves the team’s claims that is only used photographs to c𒉰lone 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 RP2⛎0 car.

Racing Point was docked 15 championship constructors’ points and fined €400,000 for the sporting rꦏegul♚ation breach, as well as being handed two reprimands.

The Sil🔯verstone-based outfit has always insisted it’s design process was legal but Brown believes the FIA’s ruling could be “potentially the tip of the iceberg”, adding “everything else” on Racing Point’s 2020 car sh🥀ould now be questioned.

“My initialꦉ reaction is Racing Point has been found guilty,” Brown said on Friday ahead of this weekend’s ꦰ70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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

“Around this whole copying, obviously they claimed that they had copied the car via photography. It’s c🍸lear from readin🍒g 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 healthy for the sport. The constructor gets a penalty but the drivers don’t. As the teamsﷺ we alꦓl 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 lo🔯t more questions than answers and there is new evidence that we are able to see.

“It is something that we are going to review quickly so that we are able to understand the procﷺess 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 followi𝓀ng 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 unde🔯rstand the full concept 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 th✱at the regulations are clear enough and we believe there may be a breach of regulation in that process.

“Bu꧙t 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 but there is much to further discuss.

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