The team formerly known as Force India will race
this season and beyond as SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team, after a group of
investors led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll rescued it from
administration last year.
On Wednesday, the newly named team unveiled their
2019 car took at a launch event during the Canadian International Auto Show. Known internally as RP19, the F1
racer features an evolution of last season’s BWT pink livery, while adding some
blue in honor of new title partner SportPesa, a global technology and
entertainment company.
Also new is the ‘point’ logo in pink, blue and
magenta, introduced alongside new partners such as JCB, Bombardier and Hackett,
all of which are visible on the car’s livery. Also present are Claro, Infinitum
and Telcel, NEC, Canada Life and Acronis, among other brands.
As for who’s going to be getting behind the wheel
this season, that would be Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll, the latter having
raced for Williams last year. The brand new RP19 will remain on display at CIAS in Toronto, where
no fewer than 350,000 visitors are expected to arrive over the next 12 days.
