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Stroll, who has had two mixed seasons with Williams in grand prix racing, joined Racing Point in the off-season following the team's takeover by a consortium led by his father, fashion mogul Lawrence Stroll.<br>In his first race weekend for his new team in Australia, Stroll was a match for his established teammate Sergio Perez, and picked up the RP19's first points of the season.<br>Szafnauer said ...

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Correa will drive for the Sauber Junior Team in F2 this year – an outfit run by Czech team Charouz Racing System – having graduated from the GP3 Series in which he finished 12th in his rookie year. <br>He struggled in GP3 with the Jenzer team, but was ahead of his teammate David Beckmann, before the later switched teams and immediately began winning races with Trident Racing. <br>American ...

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Stroll made his grand prix debut with Williams in 2017, scoring a podium in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, before enduring a dismal season last year as the Grove team struggled at the back of the pack.<br>The Canadian has moved to Racing Point for 2019 after his father Lawrence led a consortium that took over the Force India team.<br>Perez says Stroll has surprised him with his speed, but also with ...

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Yamamoto was already in charge of the sporting side of Honda’s F1 programme, and struck the deal to supply engines to Red Bull this year as part of his role managing the company’s overall strategy. <br>However, in his role as general manager of Honda’s motorsport division, Yamamoto’s time was split between many championships. <br>Honda has decided to create a new role for Yamamoto so he ...

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The two-time world champion rejoined McLaren in 2015 but opted to step away from grand prix racing for 2019 following years of uncompetitive machinery, and an urge to compete elsewhere.<br>Alonso had already been confirmed to race for McLaren in this year's Indianapolis 500, but his much-speculated involvement in the F1 team's testing programme has now been firmed up as well.<br>He will drive at ...

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Smedley made it clear he was keen to remain in F1 after he gave up his post as head of performance engineering at Williams at the end of last year.<br>He has now followed the likes of his former colleagues Ross Brawn and Pat Symonds in agreeing to a role directly with the Formula One Group, marking an end to a 20-year tenure with various teams in the grand prix paddock.<br>“It’s ...

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Ex-Sauber and Haas racer Gutierrez was part of Mercedes’ simulator programme in 2018 after sporadic Formula E and IndyCar racing efforts. <br>He hoped to use that role as a way of returning to an F1 race drive for the first time since 2016, and said he was in talks with Williams over the seat Robert Kubica eventually took. <br>Instead, Gutierrez will continue working with Mercedes in 2019 ...

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Zhou, 19, contested European Formula 3 in 2018 and finished eighth with Prema Racing, and has already tested with his new F2 team ahead of the 2019 season.<br>The Chinese driver will get significant simulator time in his new role in the Renault Sport Academy, alongside sitting in on the team's engineering briefings.<br>"Renault is a very experienced and professional team in motorsports for a long ...

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The 2018 European Formula 3 champion has courted the interest of F1's biggest teams since clinching his maiden car-racing title last season.<br>Schumacher's father won five of his world championships with Ferrari in a dominant spell from 2000 to 2004.<br>He spent 11 seasons with the famous Italian manufacturer, joining them in 1996 before retiring for the first time at the end of the 2006 ...

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Wehrlein, who spent two years in F1 in 2016 and 2017 with Manor and Sauber, split with long-time backer Mercedes at the end of last year.<br>He will make his Formula E race debut this weekend with the Mahindra team and combine his racing commitments in the electric single-seater series with work on Ferrari's simulator.<br>Wehrlein's position has not been confirmed by Ferrari but the team needs new ...

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Stroll, who has moved to the Racing Point team for this season following its change in ownership, only scored six points in 2018 compared to 40 the year before, but believes he's eliminated big errors and recovered when he has underperformed.<br>"I've definitely been more consistent," the Canadian told Motorsport.com. "When I haven't been there or I've made mistakes, it's been on less of scale ...

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Stroll led a consortium that bought Force India's assets in the summer, following the team's fall into administration, and was granted an entry from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards under a new identity.<br>Racing Point has the same human resources as the Force India outfit that secured fourth in the constructors' championship in 2016 and 2017, but is armed with fresh funding and a secure ...

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Hamilton has invested more time to life outside F1 this year, particularly with his collaboration with fashion label Tommy Hilfiger, and has expressed a desire to assist charitable projects including the education of children and conservation efforts. Speaking at an event for Mercedes partner Hewlett Packard Enterprises, the five-time world champion said he that he does not "like to think too ...

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Hamilton has invested more time to life outside F1 this year, particularly with his collaboration with fashion label Tommy Hilfiger, and has expressed a desire to assist charitable projects including the education of children and conservation efforts. Speaking at an event for Mercedes partner Hewlett Packard Enterprises, the five-time world champion said he that he does not "like to think too ...

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With the Spaniard having much more experience than rookie teammate Lando Norris, Sainz knows that the outfit will be relying more him to help give it direction. But rather than be wary about the extra responsibility he will have next year, he says it is exciting and empowering for him. “It feels good, it feels in a way powerful,” he said, when asked by Motorsport.com about if he felt ...

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With the Spaniard having much more experience than rookie teammate Lando Norris, Sainz knows that the outfit will be relying more him to help give it direction. But rather than be wary about the extra responsibility he will have next year, he says it is exciting and empowering for him. “It feels good, it feels in a way powerful,” he said, when asked by Motorsport.com about if he felt ...

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Stroll graduated to F1 with Williams in 2017 as the reigning European Formula 3 champion and continued with the team this year. His father Lawrence led the consortium that bought Force India's assets after it fell into administration, leading to the team's reincarnation as the Racing Point entry. Stroll's move from Williams became a formality after that but Force India wanted to wait until ...

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Ericsson will lose his Sauber race seat after 2018, but it was announced earlier this year that the Swede would stay involved with the team as a reserve driver. However, a month after the announcement, Ericsson secured a full-time IndyCar drive with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for next year. Sauber admitted earlier this month that it would look for another driver to share the reserve role ...

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Ross, who has worked at Mercedes since 2011 when he joined from Williams, also previously engineered Nico Rosberg and the pair worked together when Rosberg won the 2016 F1 world title. Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff explained after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – where Bottas finished fifth – that Ross will now take up the position of chief race engineer for the manufacturer's works FE ...

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Hamilton ran the longest second stint of any driver after pitting under an early virtual safety car, but remained comfortably clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Max Verstappen overcame an early engine scare and resisted his charging Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo to finish third and deny the Australian a podium on his final race for the team before switching to Renault next ...

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The arrangement has come on the back of the Belgian's HWA Formula E deal for the upcoming season five of the category. In season six Mercedes will take over the HWA entry. Vandoorne is set to share simulator duties with Esteban Ocon, who will also be reserve driver with Mercedes. "I'll be doing the simulator work in the F1 team for them, with Mercedes," Vandoorne said. "That's an ...

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Floersch sustained a spinal injury when her car was launched over the kerb at Lisboa during a restart accident, and went through the catchfencing into an area used by marshals and photographers - clipping Sho Tsuboi's car during her flight. "I believe Sophia was very lucky to escape," said GPDA director Grosjean when asked about the crash by Motorsport.com. "The news [from her surgery] is ...

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Although his departure from Porsche has not been confirmed and it is not yet known which F1 team he is heading for, 42-year-old Seidl has an extremely strong CV that would make him well-qualified for a team principal role. He made his name working for the BMW Sauber F1 team until 2009, then led BMW's return to the DTM as head of operations. That programme resulted in title victory for Bruno ...

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Smedley, 44, announced his departure from the struggling team earlier this week, and claims that becoming a free agent has already led to a number of approaches from potential employers. "I definitely want to stay in Formula 1," he said. "It's my passion and has been all my working life, and it's still the pinnacle of motorsport. "There's other series, let's say, which are snapping at its ...

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Ferrari protege Leclerc will graduate to the team from Sauber next year after just one season in F1. Clear has been a leading F1 engineer for more than two decades and worked closely with multiple world championship-winning drivers including Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. It has previously been suggested that Clear could focus on Leclerc next year as Ferrari rejigs its ...

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