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Sergio Perez raised eyebrows in the Formula 1 paddock after announcing a new three-year deal at Racing Point, keeping him at the team until 2022, but the Mexican sees it as a new opportunity which won’t impact his prospect if a title-fighting team came knocking.

Alexander Albon is certain he’ll keep hold of fifth place on his Red Bull debut despite being summoned to a post-Belgian Grand Prix FIA Stewards investigation following a last-lap battle with Sergio Perez.

Kevin Magnussen has been given a post-race five-second time penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix which drops the Haas driver down to 14 th place in the final classification.

Sergio Perez says he came close to hitting circuit marshals during the Monaco Grand Prix in the Safety Car period and will raise the issue with the sport’s Safety Commission.

Max Verstappen says the Virtual Safety Car period saw him lose vital temperature and grip with his medium tyres and halted his late race charge for a podium place at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Racing Point technical director Andrew Green accepts his team’s slow start to 2019 is down to the crisis it suffered midway through last year when it was plunged into administration.

Tributes from across the Formula 1 paddock have poured in following the tragic passing of race director Charlie Whiting at the age of 66.

Racing Point chief Otmar Szafnauer says the “new identity” of the Silverstone-based squad means a year of change but won’t use it as an excuse to lower its targets ahead of the 2019 Formula 1 season.

Final lap time results [6pm] from the second Formula 1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Follow live text commentary of F1 pre-season testing

Sergio Perez says Racing Point is having to be conservative with its mileage at Formula 1 pre-season testing as the team has a shortage of extra parts as it focuses on an upgrade package which will be delivered at the season opener.

Racing Point’s technical director Andrew Green says the overhaul investment in the team is “something special” but means its targets ramp up as it hunts regular podiums in its new era.

Sergio Perez has reflected on his 2018 Formula 1 campaign as “a very unusual year” for him and Force India as an era draws to a close in Abu Dhabi.

Sergio Perez says Fernando Alonso’s situation is a snapshot at the problems Formula 1 faces as he feels a two-time world champion struggles to reach the points places due to the gap in car performance on the grid.

Sergio Perez has hailed Force India’s new investors and owners as the next era for the team which he’s eager to lead having confirmed he’ll stick with the Formula 1 squad in 2019.

Sergio Perez believes recent results reflect the strength of the rebranded Force India Formula 1 team, following a two-car appearance in the top 10 at the Italian Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez says the rollercoaster month for the new-look Racing Point Force India squad hasn’t changed his situation as he expects to confirm his Formula 1 future shortly.

Force India's Sergio Perez feels its recent upturn in results has enabled it to retarget fourth place in the Formula 1 world championship as top of the midfield.

Pierre Gasly has lost 10 th place at the British Grand Prix after being handed a post-race five-second time penalty for colliding with Sergio Perez, which sees the Force India driver pick up the final points place.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed the German manufacturer is “listening very carefully” to its engines after suffering two separate reliability issues with its updated ‘2.1’ specification over the French Grand Prix weekend.

Sergio Perez feels Carlos Sainz should have been penalised by Formula 1’s stewards for the pair’s collision in the Canadian Grand Prix.

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya says his squad’s upturn in fortunes during the 2016 Formula 1 campaign gives him faith it can fight back in the competitive midfield order this year.

Force India has become the fourth different Formula 1 team to be hit with a pit stop problem and were slapped with a €5,000 fine from the FIA for an unsafe release with Sergio Perez in the closing stages of FP2.

In a world dominated by the big boys both Force India and Leicester City have punched above their weight in recent seasons

Sergey Sirotkin will serve a three-place grid penalty at his next Formula 1 race after colliding with Sergio Perez during the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in an incident which saw the Williams driver retire from the race.