By Daily Sports on October 24, 2019
Renault have been disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix for having an illegal driver-aid system on their car.
Officials found that Renault's brake-bias adjustment system contravened rules dictating that drivers must drive the car alone and unaided.
Renault drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg have therefore been disqualified from sixth and 10th places at the race at Suzuka on 3 October.
Renault have until 16:00 BST on Thursday to decide whether to appeal.
The ruling hinged on the details of what officials described as "innovative solutions" to adjusting the brake bias - the balance of braking from front to rear - around a lap.
Governing body the FIA rejected a protest made on the night of the Japanese Grand Prix by the rival Racing Point team that the system could be described as a pre-set lap-distance dependent brake-bias adjustment system.
Brake bias is adjusted by F1 drivers using controls and switches on the steering wheel.
Officials said the braking adjustment system on the Renault complied with the technical regulations because it "exploited certain ambiguities" within them.
However, they ruled that it did constitute a driver aid as outlawed under the sporting regulations. (BBC)
•PHOTO: Renault Car
Source Daily Sports
Posted October 24, 2019
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