Racing Point

The Japanese GP stewards have summoned representatives from both teams and they were due to begin hearings at 18.30 local time on Sunday.<br>According to the FIA documents, Racing Point has protested the cars of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg for a "pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system".<br>The summons referred to an "alleged breach of FIA Formula 1 sporting and ...

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Perez had a slow leak that the Mercedes engineers were monitoring closely, and which led eventually to a message asking the driver to stop trackside on lap 43, triggering the second safety car.<br>Perez took the latest spec Mercedes engine in Spa, only to suffer a failure with it in practice. As there were no spares available, he was obliged to switch to a new example of the earlier spec, which ...

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Having made a number of large changes over the previous rounds, including new bodywork and nose design to overhaul the car, Racing Point has continued its aggressive upgrade strategy.<br>The additions for Singapore are expected to be Racing Point's final large-scale upgrades before the team switches its focus to its 2020 car.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Singapore GP: Latest F1 tech updates, straight ...

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The Silverstone-based outfit has undergone a revamp under new owner Lawrence Stroll since the end of last year, and the extra investment has allowed it to push forward with a strong development programme.<br>Amid its ambitions to finish the year strongly and emerge as the quickest team behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, it plans to introduce a raft of new aero parts for the next F1 race in ...

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Perez has inked a three-year deal with Racing Point, which will keep him at the outfit through to 2022, likely alongside teammate Lance Stroll.<br>"I’m very excited to extend my partnership with the team for the next three years," Perez said.<br>"I’ve been working together with this group of people for a long time now and they have become my second family. Together we have enjoyed a tremendous ...

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In its former Force India guise, the team pioneered a distinctive nostril design in the nose to improve airflow underneath the chassis. This was first seen on the B-spec version of the 2015 car, and has been carried forward in varying configurations in the intervening years.<br>Now, the team has decided to drop the nostrils for a front end more consistent with those already on the grid, retaining ...

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Although Perez had been mentioned in connection with Haas, extending his stay with Racing Point has always been his main target.<br>Some sources have suggested that an announcement is imminent, possibly as early as this weekend in Hungary.<br>"I think things are settling down," said Perez. "My priority will be to continue with the team.<br>"No, it's not done yet. We are finalising it, but you know ...

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The team announced after the British Grand Prix that it would initiate a significant two-step upgrade for the following two races in Germany and Hungary.<br>New bodywork was brought to Hockenheim, while the changes to the suspension represent the second part of the team's mid-season updates.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Racing Point seeks to "bring balance" to RP19 with upgrade<br>Stroll enjoying ...

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With the Canadian and teammate Sergio Perez having had a difficult time in recent races, they both hailed the good progress the team has made with a raft of changes to its car aimed at improving its performance and balance.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Racing Point seeks to "bring balance" to RP19 with upgrade<br>Why F1's 'king of the midfield' hates his crown<br><br><br>The duo were both in the top ...

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Having been regular points scorers in its previous Force India guise, Racing Point has struggled to break into the top 10 quite so often in 2019.<br>The team has failed to score points since the Canadian Grand Prix, in which Lance Stroll claimed ninth in his home race.<br>Since then, the attention has been on a comprehensive upgrade package to bring the car closer to its rivals in the ...

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The new-for-2019 team partner will donate £1,000 to Breast Cancer Care for every place Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll gain from their qualifying position over the rest of the season. <br>Its initiative, called SportPesa Grid That Gives, is in support of the pre-existing work the team has done with the UK-based breast cancer support group. <br>The team first started raising money for Breast ...

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The Canadian-owned team was a ‘new entry’ to the championship last year after Force India went into administration.<br>Force India’s troubles meant the team’s progress with its 2018 car faltered and development of its 2019 machine was limited as well.<br>Racing Point started the season with a “vanilla” car but pledged aggressive development and is currently awaiting another major ...

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In a race of no attrition in Austria, Sergio Perez finished 11th, not far behind the Alfas of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, while Lance Stroll was 14th, having lost some time due to an issue with the FIA fuel-flow meter.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Racing Point to bring updates "thick and fast" after Baku<br>Racing Point: Solving balance issue key to big progress<br><br><br>The team has now ...

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The newly created financial regulations have set that figure for 2021-2025, with exclusions for areas such as driver salaries and marketing costs.<br>Although rubber-stamping of the rules by the World Motor Sport Council has been delayed until October, along with the technical and sporting regulations, it’s been agreed by the teams and the FIA that the headline budget cap number won’t ...

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Although the Silverstone-based outfit has been a regular points scorer this year, both Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll have faced some challenges in qualifying to extract enough speed out of their car.<br>The team says one of its biggest issues is finding a good balance for the car, as it is struggling to find consistency in performance over a whole lap which has a big impact on how it uses its ...

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Both Sergio Perez and teammate Lance Stroll failed to make it out of Q1 in Monte Carlo, finishing 16th and 17th quickest.<br>Szafnauer says the team now understands the problem was related to the tyres and is optimistic it can bounce back.<br>"We know what went wrong in qualifying, and hope we'll have a good fix for it in Canada. It's all in the tyres," he told Motorsport.com.<br>"We just have to ...

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Perez was unhappy with the revised car for much of the weekend in Spain, starting and finishing in 15th place, having earned sixth in the previous race in Baku.<br>He admits he has concerns about form in Monaco, but hopes that the updates will produce the intended improvement in performance at a very different venue.<br>"We are a bit worried," Perez said. "Our performance in Spain was very bad, a ...

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The team is pursuing a change to the aerodynamic philosophy that it follows, having recently in effect made a fresh start by switching its wind tunnel programme from the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne to the Mercedes facility in Brackley.<br>The Silverstone outfit has upped the pace of its development this year as extra resources have enabled it to fast track new pieces to the car, whereas ...

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Yelloly, 28, last drove a grand prix car in the same test back in 2015 with Force India, which morphed into Racing Point last year amid a change of ownership.<br>The Briton will drive the Canadian-owned squad's RP19 on both days of the the Barcelona test on Tuesday and Wednesday, while team regulars Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll will get a day of running each focussing on Pirelli development ...

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The team has been compromised thus far in 2019 because the car was designed last year while the then Force India outfit still faced a financial squeeze.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>The life rescue paying off for F1's punching team<br>Perez: Spain upgrade first glimpse of Racing Point potential<br><br><br>Although Stroll has been investing in the team since he took over last August, it has taken time ...

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The Silverstone-based outfit became Racing Point halfway through last season after Force India went into administration and was saved by a consortium led by billionaire Lawrence Stroll.<br>Like most F1 teams, Racing Point is planning to introduce significant car updates for the start of the European season in Barcelona, and Perez concedes it will be a key moment for his squad.<br>Asked if he ...

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Sergio Perez finished sixth and took best of the rest honours behind the top three teams in Azerbaijan, while Stroll's son Lance recovered from a subpar qualifying to take ninth place.<br>“I couldn’t be happier,” Stroll Sr told Motorsport.com. “I think we finished where we deserved to finish, on merit.<br>"We know that there are six cars that are in a different league. So we couldn’t ...

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In China, Sergio Perez achieved the team's best result of the season so far as he rose from 12th on the grid to earn eighth place on merit, beaten in the midfield battle only by Daniel Ricciardo's Renault.<br>However, Green says that while the team maximised its potential in Shanghai, real progress will be seen after the Spanish GP.<br>The development of the 2019 launch car was compromised by last ...

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Racing Point has employed the complete Mercedes powertrain – engine and gearbox – as well as hydraulics since 2009, and it is shortly to move its aerodynamic operations into the Mercedes wind tunnel. For the past several years it has used the Toyota facility in Cologne.<br>But Wolff dismissed suggestions that Racing Point was in effect becoming a Mercedes affiliate in the same way that Haas ...

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Planning permission for the new facility will be sought this month and the team hopes to be able to start building later in the year.<br>The plan is to have construction complete in time for the 2021 Formula 1 season.<br>The images were exclusively revealed in this month's F1 Racing magazine, which goes on sale today, 4th April.<br>"This is a new chapter, the dawn of a new era and there is huge ...

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