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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 7, 2018 4:23:37 GMT -8
When Force India became Racing Point Force India after the change of ownership between the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix (because it was technically a new team) the 59 points they had accrued up to that time were annulled. They began from zero points and 10th place in the constructors’ championship at the Belgian Grand Prix, with nine remaining races in which to get as far up in the prize money-paying constructors' table as possible. Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon between them have scored 47 points for the team since that time, putting them in seventh place in the constructors'. With two races still to go, McLaren’s current sixth place, 15 points ahead of Force India, looks within reach but far from certain. Since that Belgian race, Force India have gained 37 points on McLaren in seven races (an average of 5.29 points gain per race). But they need to improve on that if they are to take that valuable extra constructors’ place. The on-track performance comparison between the two teams is very interesting, given their very different circumstances. In Melbourne, for the opening race, Force India qualified 0.313s behind McLaren. Force India had endured a financially-imposed limitation to their pre-season preparations, with the bare minimum of testing and insufficient spares. But by the second race, in Bahrain, they were able to extract much more of their car’s potential and qualified 0.203s ahead of McLaren. By race four in Baku, they were qualifying over 1s faster than McLaren.
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