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[Marklar]

Livery got leaked on reddit it seems. Not sure if it's the new car though

[CL16]

Where’s the sportspesa branding?

[Francesc]

SportPesa are gone. They had legal troubles in Africa. BTW, it's last year's car.

 

https://pbs.twimg.co...FUw1?format=jpg

[CL16]

Lack of Aston Martin logos, hasn’t it been finalised yet or are they waiting for 2021?

[Chunkinator]

Lack of Aston Martin logos, hasn’t it been finalised yet or are they waiting for 2021?

I think it may be due to the red bull sponsorship contract which expires at the end of the year

[Viryfan]

So they start the year with minus 15 million euros unless BWT stepped up.

[owenmahamilton]

Lack of Aston Martin logos, hasn’t it been finalised yet or are they waiting for 2021?

 

When Lawrence Stroll took the stake in Aston Martin, it was announced that the team would not change name until 2021.

[Anja]

So they start the year with minus 15 million euros unless BWT stepped up.

 

I wonder about BWT. Wasn't the original deal with Force India supposed to be more of a loan than a proper sponsorship? 

[midgrid]

Here's a photo of the car uncovered:

[theflyingwheel]

That is the previous car, the 2020 will be revealed in Barcelona

[jjcale]

Where’s the sportspesa branding?

 

 

SportPesa are gone. They had legal troubles in Africa. BTW, it's last year's car.

 

https://pbs.twimg.co...FUw1?format=jpg

 

Sport pesa are fine ... They decided to stop wasting their money ....

[cbbcisace]

So they start the year with minus 15 million euros unless BWT stepped up.

Wasn’t it something like £8m? Plus I’d imagine BWT has stepped up for the final year before it become AMR.

[jjcale]

We should wait for some actual facts before we start to comment ...

[TomNokoe]

Presumably the BWT mess was sorted?

You know, how BWT loaned the team money and the team couldn't pay them back in cash and so paid them back with free sponsorship?

[BRG]

Why did they take it all the way to some random Austrian lakeside (Mondsee)?

[Gemini]

Why did they take it all the way to some random Austrian lakeside (Mondsee)?

 

BWT AG

[Beggysmalls]

Id say sportspesa have some money issues, Everton are terminating their agreement at the end of the epl season and they have been having some betting license issues in kenya

[PayasYouRace]

Livery got leaked on reddit it seems. Not sure if it's the new car though
 

 

Is it really a leak if you're unveiling a car in a public place?

[Reinmuster]

That is the previous car, the 2020 will be revealed in Barcelona

 

with 2020 livery?

[theflyingwheel]

with 2020 livery?

Correct

[Clrnc]

Weird every website and source is saying this is actually the new car. We can see the revised nose, sidepods. 

[Paco]

Engine cover seems very unsculpted.. don’t see much i it to think they’ll hit best of the rest but we’ll see soon.

[Jambo]

"The Race" is reporting the actual car as a 2019 show car.

[Peat]

Nice livery. Like a pink Mclaren. 

[owenmahamilton]

They just posted on Facebook that BWT is now the title sponsor, seems a bit pointless to do this for one year unless they are going to be called BWT Aston Martin in 2021.

[Clrnc]

Yeah it was definitely the leaked car. Not up to much in terms of aero wise, probably the least change of all teams

[messy]

For possibly the first time all pre-season I think this new livery is an improvement on 2019.

[TomNokoe]

Livery is a little too blatant. Not for me.

[DinocoBlue]

Normally I'd dislike the oversized wordmark diagonally on the car, but somehow this works.

[SonGoku]

The amount of sponsors unbelievable!

[Paco]

Wow that is still a mess..

[Sterzo]

They just posted on Facebook that BWT is now the title sponsor, seems a bit pointless to do this for one year unless they are going to be called BWT Aston Martin in 2021.

There's plenty of point for Racing Point. BWT will be paying extra for a year. And the change of name to Aston Martin next year won't preclude them from having commercial sponsors, just like any other team.

[Izzyeviel]

I'm digging this livery. Finally a pink car that looks like a pro designed it rather than a colour blind child.

[Ben1445]

The livery actually works really well. Bold and clean. 

[vas04614]

Hopefully we see proper new car unlike last years

[Peat]

[Timstr11]

 

I was about to say.

I noticed Racing Point and thought it looks an awful lot like the W10.

Like Haas and Alpha Tauri, they seem to have bought in a lot of parts from Mercedes. The complete front looks like the W10.

They also use the Mercedes wind tunnel so that will help them with correlation.

Edited by Timstr11, 19 February 2020 - 09:00.

[Starish]

Must say it looks quick... although that might be the fact that it is a w10 clone.

[TheGoldenStoffel]

Came here to say I thought I saw a pink W10 on the live stream, I wasn't the only one who noticed that I see. Daddy Stroll has bought his son a Mercedes!   

[theflyingwheel]

It looks quick, if its at least on par to the McLaren and Renault the midfield battle is gonna be so good this year.

[SonGoku]

Great to see the W10 and W11 on track together, although not surprised. Stroll and Mercedes even own Aston Martin together now.

[LightningMcQueen]

Have to say not a fan of teams trotting out other teams cars in different paint, if goes against the spirit of F1 imo.. I hope when the cost cap comes in this loophole is closed

[TheGoldenStoffel]

Have to say not a fan of teams trotting out other teams cars in different paint, if goes against the spirit of F1 imo.. I hope when the cost cap comes in this loophole is closed

 

No need, with next year's regulations they will all look the same anyway.

[vas04614]

Racing Point technical director Andy Green shines all over his face. Sergio Perez still holds the fastest time with 1.17.375 minutes. "Last year we didn't get under 1.17.5 minutes on eight days. And that on the last groove with little fuel in the car. Now we have the tank full and were on the road with C3 tires."  via AMuS

I think i know what the replies will be for this comment

[Yoshi]

From AMuS Ticker: They are using the Wind-Tunnel from Mercedes in Brackley. 

[TheGoldenStoffel]

2020 Racing Point merchandise leaked:

 

[Burai]

I'll predict they'll be much like Haas in recent years. Starting out at the front of the midfield before quickly dropping back because they don't really understand the concept they've been handed and can't keep up in the development race.

[Grundle]

I'll predict they'll be much like Haas in recent years. Starting out at the front of the midfield before quickly dropping back because they don't really understand the concept they've been handed and can't keep up in the development race.

Except there are minimal gains left in these regs

[DanardiF1]

So Daddy Stroll has really shown his faith in the RP design team by buying the designs for the Merc W10 and getting them to build that instead...

This is a pure clone of the Merc, down to the vanes on the monocoque sides and everything...

[Burai]

Except there are minimal gains left in these regs

 

Some teams may reduce or stop development to concentrate resources on next year, but there's still time to be found, especially in the ultra-tight midfield. If there weren't, Mercedes would have just raced the W10 again this year.