Racing Point admit to limited development possibilities with RP20
Racing Point admit to limited development possibilities with RP20
Racing Point technical director Andrew Green has confessed that the RP20 will have a limited time for developments.
One of the smaller teams on the grid, Racing Point will become Aston Martin in 2021, and Green says that the team will switch focus onto their 2021 efforts before the summer break.
“Unfortunately we’re not going to be able to develop that much because of the 2021 regulations so its a shame," Green told FormulaSpy.com.
“We’d really love for these regulations to carry on for a couple more years. There is so much more potential in what we’re doing. For us, it’s almost like year one. I could see us really going taking even further steps in year 2 and year 3 but that’s not going to happen. We’re going to do a reset for next year. There is plenty of potential left, but I think our resources are at a point where we will have to switch over to 2021 earlier.”
In the final year of stable regulations, Racing Point elected to attempt to copy the 2019 Mercedes W10, and Green says that it was always a part of the plan to start the season quickly rather than to develop over time.
“That was always the strategy to come out of the blocks fast, because we know the rest of the year is going to be very challenging with next year’s regulations so we have to come out fast," continued Green.
"We couldn’t do a slow start and look to upgrade the car and build up the speed of the car through the season as we did last year. It’s not going to be possible at all.
“I think from a factory perspective, we wont be getting any more developments from the summer on. That means when you see the components come through for the car, around the summer break will be the last time we see anything but work would have stopped on the car in the middle of summer for that to be the case.”
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