The Racing Point RP19 is a

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designed and developed by the

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, to compete in the

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. It is the first car built by Racing Point after their purchase of the Force India Formula One Team assets in August 2018. The RP19 was driven by

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and

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and made its competitive debut at the

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Design

The RP19 was initially run with the radical "nostril" nosecone design that had been used since the Force India VJM08B in mid-2015 but was later updated into the more conventional design in Belgium to provide better aerodynamics.

Season summary

Racing Point finished the season in 7th at the World Constructors' Championship. Pérez endured a scoreless streak between the to the , but achieved his highest finishing position with sixth-places in the and the . Additionally, he would go on to score points in the last six races of the season. Teammate Stroll achieved highest finish position with a fourth-place finish in the soaked .

Livery

The RP19 featured a similar white and pink livery with an additional of purple scheme, reflecting with their title sponsor

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, an online gambling company. However, it was replaced with "SpScore.com" in video games due to gambling branding being outlawed. BWT remained as one of their main sponsors. At the

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, the team paid tribute to

Niki Lauda Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from to and from to . Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Champ ...

, his helmet presented on the halo device.

Complete Formula One results

( key) Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance.

References

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