On the face of it making a step forward (Ferrari are sixth in the championship as I write this and Racing Point third), Vettel arrives as a refugee from a relationship that went sour and will be looking to reclaim some of his former lustre – the 53-time race winner only stood on the podium once in 2020. Instead in comes four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.
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Stroll – a talented driver no doubt but also the son of the team’s owner and Aston Martin shareholder Lawrence – will remain, but Perez finds himself out of a drive just a week after finally taking his first F1 win. Naturally both shall be retained to drive the Mercedes-clone RP20 for a second season? No. This was a banner year for the team based right next to Silverstone, with first Lance Stroll recording the team’s first pole since Giancarlo Fisichela in 2009 and then Sergio Perez taking its first win since Brazil 2003 at the end of a barmy Sakhir Grand Prix. Racing Point, which used to be Force India, which used to be Spyker, which used to be Midland, which used to be Jordan, becomes an Aston Martin works team in 2021, marking the company’s return to F1 for the first time in 60 years. The news leaves just a single place left on the 2021 grid, although with the announcement that Toto Wolff will remain at Mercedes for three more years, an announcement on Lewis Hamilton returning to the team with which he has won six F1 titles seems like a meer formality.Īston Martin – Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll A tricky season in 2020 has seen Albon clinch his first two F1 podiums, but also struggle to match superstar team-mate Verstappen, which Gasly, the driver he replaces, took an incredible first F1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix. He then stepped up to the main Red Bull team after just half a season to replace Pierre Gasly. It ends a turbulant two years in F1 for Albon, who joined the then Torro Rosso team despite having originally signed up to race in Formula E in 2019 with Nissan. Perez followed up the news that he had lost his place with an extraordinary second half of the 2020 season, which included a brilliant podium at Turkey in shocking conditions and then his first ever Formula 1 victory at the bonkers Sakhir Grand Prix – a race in which he had been in last place after the first lap.Īlbon will drop down to be the team's reserve driver for 2021, with no places left at junior team AlphaTauri following the team's signing of Honda protégé Yuki Tsunoda. The announcement signals an incredible end to an increidble year for Perez, who was dropped from his drive at Racing Point to make way for the incoming Sebastian Vettel in the middle of the season. Red Bull Racing today announced that Mexican Sergio Perez will replace Alex Albon as Max Verstappen's team-mate for 2021. Updated 14:30 Friday 18 th December 2020.
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Opening the series to under-represented groups will be important for the sport’s development in the future and we’re determined to make an impact.” “As a company, we share this sense of responsibility and are proud to launch a new, joint foundation to improve diversity in Formula 1.
He shares his passion for performance with the entire team which is why this collaboration has become so successful.”Īlong with his signing, Mercedes and Hamilton have also announced a new joint charitable foundation committed to promoting greater diversity in motorsport. “Lewis is not only an incredibly talented driver he also works very hard for his achievements and is extremely hungry. “We’re very happy to keep the most successful F1 driver of the current era in the most successful F1 team of the current era,” commented Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG. He is at present tied with Michael Schumacher’s seven title triumphs. Hamilton will now be gunning for his eighth world championship which, if he wins, will make him the most successful F1 driver in history in terms of titles. Lewis first joined the team in 2013 and has since taken six F1 titles at the wheel of a Silver Arrow, with his first coming while he was at McLaren in 2008. This follows weeks of delays and speculation over the seven-time champion’s trajectory this year.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton has been officially signed for the 2021 Formula 1 season. Max Verstappen claimed pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix.Update: Lewis Hamilton signs one-year Mercedes deal
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