Sergio Perez says Racing Point expects to run a “different car” at the Australian Grand Prix as part of a significant development push early in the 2019 Formula 1 season.&nbs🧸p;

Following fresh investment from its takeover by Canadia🐻n businessman Lawrence Stroll and additional sponsorship, the rebranded Racing Point squad is planning a raf💛t of changes for its 2019 F1 car across the opening rounds of the new campaign. 

Technical director Andrew Green previously confirmed at the Silverstone-based outf༺it’s launch event earlier this month that Racing Point would run a “plain, ‘vanilla’ car” to conduct pre-season testi꧑ng with, prior to a more radical development drive. 

Speaking after the end of running on day two of the second winter test, Perez insisted the team is ta♕rgeting more mileage ahead of the start of the new season. 

“We expect quite a different car in Melbourne so the mo♌re understanding the better," he explained.&n൲bsp;

“We need a bit more mileage in these🐼 final two days for the team to get more of an idea of where we really at. 

“We are learning a lot every day and not just when I am driving, but also when Lance is drivi♎ng. We are understanding the car and heading in the right direction.” 

The Mexican finished second in the timesheets on Wednesday but feels like he is still playꦛing catch up after completing less laps than he would have hoped so far across testing. 

“Certainly I’ve made good progress today,” he said. “But I really need♏ a strong final day w𒀰ith a good programme and a lot of mileage in my pocket, try different fuel loads and so on. 

“It’s obviously important the preparation that you can get here but we are well aware that the most important is where you are in Melbo🐟urne. 

“If that means that 🎶we can have a big package that would be great. We knew coming here that we were always going to be limited with mileage but it’s how it is.

“So I really hope my final day can be really positive so I can be real🎉ly with a good feeling. I think every day we are m﷽aking good progress.”