Former F1 driver Timo Glock does not believe that Aston Martin designed its "B-spec" car without directly copying Red Bull.

After Red Bull lost Dan Fallows and other team members to its rival owned by Lawrence Stroll, the authorities are now exploring their options as they suspect that intellectual property has been stolen.

Aston Martin's chief technical officer Andy Green, despite being involved in a similar case two years ago with the "pink Mercedes" saga, vehemently denies: "I can absolutely and categorically rule out that we received any information from any team for the development of these cars. The allegation is completely unfounded."

In fact, he says that the FIA visited Silverstone last week and went through everything from "CAD, CFD and wind tunnel data" and ultimately found no irregularities.

While some may assume that Aston Martin simply copied key elements of the Red Bull car based on photographs, team boss Mike Krack argues that the similarities with Red Bull are mere coincidence.

"We followed two development approaches - even in the chassis design," he stated. "But by the end of 2021 we realized that was the wrong way to go."

"The fact that Red Bull did something similar confirmed what we already thought - that we followed the wrong path to begin with. It was encouraging to see another team doing very well with this concept," Krack continued.

Former F1 driver Timo Glock told Sky German that he doesn't believe this explanation. "The shape of the sidepod, the vent outlet, the underbody, where you can see these little parts, are all identical to the Red Bull ones," he commented. "There are too many coincidences for me."

"The Red Bull people went to this team before the concept change and now they are the only team that has had two versions of the car in development in parallel. In my opinion, this is not feasible from the point of view of the budget ceiling," the German added.

Williams team boss Jost Capito also has questions about how Aston Martin's two-car project was "possible with the cost ceiling": "As a team, we would like to know what kind of investigation was done - what was looked at, how it was determined - so that we can have confidence in the FIA's decision."

"If everything is correct, everything is fine, and if not, then there must be consequences," Capito concluded, "But the cars are obviously very, very similar."