Racing Point has confirme🍸d the launch date for its 2020 Formula 1 car ahead ꧋of the new season.
Racing Point will unveil its new car, the RP20, at an event in Mondsee, Austria, on Feb🍒ruary 17, two days before the start of pre-season testing.
The launch event will take place at the Austrian base of 💖BWT, one of the team's principa⛦l sponsors.
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1)
It marks the second year in a row Racing Point has elected to do a full car launch, having previously unveiled its 2019 car in Canada to mark the start of its new brand following the takeover of Force India. Force India had traditionally rolled its car out🧔 at the start of pre-season testing.
Racing Point will enter the 2020 season looking to build on its seventh-p𒀰lace finish in last year's constructors' championship as the team bounced back from the difficulties faced in the final stages of its Force India ownership in 2018.
Sergio Perez managed to lead the team by scoring 52 of its 73 points, recording a highest finish of sixth in Azerbaijan and Belgium. Teammate Lance Stroll scored the remaining 21 points, but bagged the team's best result 🃏of the year with fourth at the Ger🧜man Grand Prix.
Racing Point is the sixth team to confirm its launch plans, and is curre😼ntly has the latest reveal date, taking place just two days before the start of 🦩pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The ne๊w F1 season begins✱ on March 15 with the Australian Grand Prix.