Austrian water treatment company BWT will stay on as a sponsor of the Aston Martin F1 Team following their rebrand from Racing Point this upcoming season. BWT’s sponsorship of the Silverstone-based team goes back to 2017, and last year, they became their title sponsor. READ: Albon Eyeing 2022 Return, Has No Hard Feelings Towards Tsunoda
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Despite plenty of speculation last year linking Nico Hulkenberg with a full-time F1 seat in 2021, the German will be on the side-lines this upcoming season, though he is likely to become Aston Martin’s reserve driver. Hulkenberg made three surprise appearances last campaign, with him filling in for Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll at Silverstone
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Former Racing Point title sponsor BWT is considering a partnership with Haas and Williams, according to reports. The Austrian company had a multi-year sponsorship deal with Racing Point, but this is likely to end following the Silverstone-based team’s rebrand to Aston Martin, with them opting to ditch BWT’s preferred distinctive pink livery for British racing
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Nico Hulkenberg was previously linked to the second seat at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, but the team ultimately decided to sign Sergio Perez for 2021 This left the German without a seat on the grid for the upcoming season, but Otmar Szafnauer, team principal of the newly rebranded Aston Martin F1 Team, has hinted
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Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has been criticised for buying an F1 team to ensure his son, Lance Stroll, has a reasonably competitive seat on the grid. Lance Stroll entered Formula One in 2017 with Williams Racing as part of an agreement which saw his father provide the ailing F1 team will tens of millions of
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2020 was arguably Sergio Perez’s strongest season in Formula One, with him taking his maiden victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix and finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. READ: Saudi Arabian GP Won’t Be A Street Race After 2023 However, it was not without its challenges for the Mexican, with him testing positive for COVID-19
MoreThe newly rebranded Aston Martin F1 Team has ambitious plans going forward, and with the addition of four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, in addition to a more equitable distribution of prize money and a $145mn budget cap in 2021, the team is looking to emerge from the midfield once and for all. READ: Aston Martin
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Last month, Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be replacing Alex Albon as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in 2021, with the Thai driver being demoted to the team’s reserve and test driver. READ: ‘I Want To Be Quick Anyway’: Carlos Sainz Looking To Be Immediately Fast At Ferrari Verstappen has since said he hopes that
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Aston Martin Racing has confirmed that it has agreed a title sponsorship deal with US IT giant Cognizant, around two weeks after it was reported that they were in negotiations for such a partnership. The team, which most recently competed in Formula One as Racing Point, said the information technology services corporation will act as
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Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s chief technical officer, is widely considered to be one of the greatest race car designers of all-time, with his designs winning several F1 Championships. However, in a recent interview, Mercedes’ technical director James Allison suggested that the media has overhyped Newey and allowed the Silver Arrows to “fly under the radar”
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