AMR GP
| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Motor racing |
| Founded | 2 August 2018 in the United Kingdom as Racing Point UK Limited |
| Founder | Lawrence Stroll |
| Headquarters | , England, UK |
Number of employees | 535 (2021)[1][2] |
AMR GP, officially AMR GP Limited (formerly Racing Point UK Limited) is a British company that owns and operates the Aston Martin F1 Team, a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, England. The company was established in August 2018 to buy the Formula One racing assets of the financially stricken Force India Formula One Team. Following its acquisition of the team assets just before the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix, it competed in that race, and for the rest of the 2018 season, as the Racing Point Force India Formula One Team, continuing to use the constructor's title of Force India. For the 2019 season the team was renamed to Racing Point F1 Team and went onwards competing with Racing Point as its constructor's title, until the rebranding of the team into Aston Martin in 2021.
History[]
Pre-Racing Point UK[]
On 27 July 2018, after running Force India Formula One Team for eleven seasons, Force India Formula One Team Limited was placed into administration.[3]
By 2 August 2018 an investment consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, the father of former Williams driver Lance Stroll, and which included André Desmarais, Jonathan Dudman, John D. Idol, John McCaw Jr., Michael de Picciotto and Silas Chou, and supported by the team's senior management personnel, had set up a new company, Racing Point UK Limited, to use as a vehicle to save the team.[4] By 23 August 2018, the new company had reached an agreement with the administrators to buy the team's motor racing assets and to secure the jobs of the 400 employees who worked in the team.[3][5] The new company created a new constructor with the assets and entered the sport prior to the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix, taking the vacated entry of the original Force India team.[6]
The personnel roles remained largely unchanged in the new team, other than that of , who stood down from his Force India role of deputy team principal, and Otmar Szafnauer who became team principal and CEO after being chief operating officer with Force India since 2010.[7]
Racing Point Force India F1 Team (2018)[]
On 23 August 2018, the F1 governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) reached an agreement with Racing Point UK that they could take over the Force India 2018 season championship entry, but they would not inherit any of Force India's 59 points or the prize money that they had accrued so far in the season.[3] So, as the Racing Point Force India Formula One Team and using the constructor name Force India, the team entered its first Grand Prix, the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix which took place on 26 August 2018, with zero points.[3]
The original Force India's two drivers, Sergio Pérez and Esteban Ocon, remained with the team and were able to continue their challenge for the drivers' championship, keeping all the points that they had already won in the season.[8][9]
The Racing Point Force India Formula One Team competed in the last nine Grands Prix of the season, amassing 52 points, and finishing seventh overall in the 2018 constructors' championship.
Racing Point F1 Team (2019–2020)[]
In November 2018, the company changed the name of its team to Racing Point F1 Team and the constructor name to Racing Point when it registered its 2019 entries with the FIA.[10]
Aston Martin F1 Team (2021)[]
Racing Point UK was renamed AMR GP and entered into the 2021 F1 season through its operation of Aston Martin's Formula One team[11] with Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll as their drivers.
Results[]
Formula One[]
| Year | Name | Car | Engine | Tyres | No. | Drivers | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force India | ||||||||
| 2018 |  Racing Point Force India F1 Team
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VJM11 | Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t | P | 11. 31. |
 Sergio Pérez Esteban Ocon
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52 | 7th |
| Racing Point | ||||||||
| 2019 | SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team
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RP19 | BWT Mercedes 1.6 V6 t | P | 11. 18. |
Sergio Pérez Lance Stroll
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73 | 7th |
| 2020 | BWT Racing Point F1 Team
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RP20 | BWT Mercedes 1.6 V6 t | P | 11. 18. 27. |
Sergio Pérez Lance Stroll Nico Hülkenberg
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195 | 4th |
| Aston Martin | ||||||||
| 2021 | Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team
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AMR21 | Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E Performance 1.6 V6 t | P | 5. 18. |
Sebastian Vettel Lance Stroll
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77 | 7th |
References[]
- ^ "Aston Martin target expansion to around 800 staff". planetf1.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Szafnauer says Aston Martin will increase workforce to 800 as they aim to bridge gap to rivals". formula1.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "FIA Approves Mid-Season Entry from Racing Point Force India". FIA. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Racing Point UK Limited acquires Force India Formula One Team | Force India F1". Force India F1. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Brooks, Roddy (8 August 2018). "Lance Stroll's father agrees Force India takeover deal to save all 405 jobs". Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (24 August 2018). "How the FIA used little-known Formula 1 rules to save Force India". Autosport. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Petters, Sam (24 August 2018). "Racing Point UK acquires Force India Formula One Team". Professional Motorsport World. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "FIA approve Racing Point Force India F1 entry". F1. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (23 August 2018). "Motor racing-Renamed Force India to start from scratch in Belgium". Reuters. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Staff writer (1 December 2018). "Force India name to disappear from 2019 grid after Racing Point F1 rebrand as driver numbers unveiled". Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "AMR GP LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
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- 2018 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Companies based in Northamptonshire