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Why Racing Point's 'copycat' shouldn't be controversial

OPINION: With 2020-spec Formula 1 cars now running through to the end of 2021, there is even more riding on Racing Point's bold decision to design car inspired by the Mercedes W10. Those still quibbling should perhaps ask why they didn't do the same

'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'. It's the oft trotted-out phrase created presumably to placate those who have been pushed into the shade by a copy-cat, ostensibly taking full credit for something they didn't produce.

That phrase seldom placates anybody, least of all a university lecturer after popular plagiarism software Turnitin has discovered an essay with more red flags than the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix. Not that this author ever went through that process, although it fleetingly became a consideration after too many late nights in a library...

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