Full of promise for Racing Point

With the best time in EL1 yesterday, Sergio Pérez sent a new signal about the possible performance of the RP20s on the Red Bull Ring. But this time it will be necessary to confirm in the race.

Published on 11/07/2020 à 09:30

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Sergio Pérez best time in EL1, Lance stroll 3rd. The first free practice session for the Styrian Grand Prix yesterday morning showed that we would undoubtedly have to reckon with the Racing Point RP20s this weekend for the second meeting of the year.

Already placed in the top 5 last weekend, the pink single-seaters were a little further behind in qualifying and the race, with Lance Stroll being eliminated prematurely in the race following a mechanical problem.

For this second 2020 confrontation, reliability and the search for a more consistent result in terms of points will be the leitmotif of the British team. “I think we definitely made good progress today and I'm happy with that, admitted Pérez.

I think we're in the mix, and we hope we can fight for a good podium, or at least a good position and recover the points we lost last weekend.

Overall, we're moving forward, we've learned from our new car, finding out where we can improve, where it's less obvious and I think that's all promising. »

With its car often considered a small Mercedes 2019, Racing Point could have a great opportunity to return to a podium that has eluded Otmar Szafnauer's team since Azerbaijan 2018.