Aston Martin – aka Racing Point in 2020 – has launched their new car for the upcoming 2021 Formula One racing season. Sebastian Vettel will be the main driver alongside Lance Stroll, the son of team owner, Lawrence Stroll. Vettel is a four-time F1 world champion during his time with Red Bull Racing and has […]
Former Racing Point driver, Sergio Perez, has been signed by Red Bull for the 2021 Formula One season – replacing Alexander Albon – alongside Max Verstappen. Racing Point had signed four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari and that temporarily left Perez out in the cold until Red Bull decided to jettison Albon, who […]
Racing Point’s Sergio Perez came back from a first lap crash to win the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix comfortably over Renault’s Esteban Ocon in second and Perez’s Racing Point teammate, Lance Stroll in third. It was the first-ever Formula One victory for Perez. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and George Russell – sitting in for Covid-19-stricken Lewis […]
Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton became seven-time Formula One world champion after the Mercedes driver won the wet 2020 Turkish Grand Prix with Racing Point’s Sergio Perez finishing second and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finishing third. Perez’s Racing Point teammate, Lance Stroll, began the race on pole position – his first-ever – alongside Red […]
Lance Stroll took advantage of the wet track and won a duel with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to claim the pole position for tomorrow’s 2020 Turkish Grand Prix. Six-time defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will begin the race in sixth position in the third row as the Mercedes driver mostly took it cautious […]
Mercedes was the fastest car again in the second practice session for this weekend’s 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix and just like in the first practice session, it was Valtteri Bottas who was leading the way. The only real drama came when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Racing Point’s Lance Stroll collided as Verstappen was attempting […]
Canadian Racing Point driver Lance Stroll missed the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix two weeks ago at the Nurburgring in Germany due to what was at that time an undisclosed illness but was suspected to be Covid-19. That suspicion was confirmed after the fact by Racing Point and Stroll. Stroll displayed a number of Covid-19 symptoms […]
After the first two practice sessions were cancelled by fog, drivers were finally able to get in a single practice session for the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix and – no surprise – it was Mercedes leading the way once again. This time, it was Valtteri Bottas doing the honors ahead of his teammate and six-time […]
When Sebastian Vettel leaves Ferrari at the conclusion of the 2020 Formula One season, he will make a beeline for the Racing Point team which will be renamed as the Aston Martin team in 2021. Vettel – the 33-year-old German and four-time F1 world champion – will replace Sergio Perez and terms of the deal […]
French driver Pierre Gasly recorded his first-ever Formula One victory by winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix – edging McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, Jr. – while Racing Point’s Lance Stroll took the third and final podium position. Mercedes dominated the race weekend and entered the race with six-time defending world champion Lewis Hamilton in the pole […]
Racing Point Formula One driver Sergio Perez will return for this weekend’s 2020 Spanish Grand Prix after testing negative for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The 30-year-old Mexican had missed the past two races at Silverstone after becoming the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for Covid-19 last month. Perez tested positive for the virus after […]
Formula One team Racing Point woke up this morning with a triple nightmare as the team’s lead driver, Sergio Perez, tested positive on his second test for the Covid-19 coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s Formula One 70th Anniversary race at Silverstone and that was followed up by a loss of 15 points in the […]
Six-time defending world champion Lewis Hamilton limped across the finish line with a punctured tire to win the 2020 British Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was in the third and final podium position. Hamilton held the pole position and his Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas, was in second entering […]
Racing Point’s Lance Stroll was the fastest in the second practice session for this weekend’s 2020 British Grand Prix. Everybody was on the soft tire except for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Stroll nipped Red Bull’s Alexander Albon – who also crashed in the session. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were third and fifth, […]
Mexican driver Sergio Perez has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s 2020 British Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Perez, who races for Racing Point, is the first Formula One driver to test positive since the 2020 season began earlier this month. Perez, along with all his close contacts – as per […]
Last week, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc declined to take a knee in solidarity with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton systemic racism protest gesture and this week, the Frenchman was given an official warning after breaking Formula One’s Covid-19 coronavirus protocols. Team personnel are required to stay within their “bubbles” between races, but Leclerc had returned to Monaco this […]
It’s official: What was the Force India racing team for the 2018 Formula One racing season will now become the Racing Point team when the new season commences next month with the Australian Grand Prix on March 17, 2019. Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll acquired the Force India team in July, 2018 and initially renamed it ‘Racing Point Force […]