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How Racing Point aims to take Aston into F1's victory fight

Two years ago, the Force India financial saga was in its final chapter. The team has since been re-born as Racing Point, which will be re-branded as Aston Martin in 2021. Here's the full story of its controversial but fast new car, and its big future aims

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It was evident from day one," recalls Sergio Perez. "I came from McLaren and I remember the first time visiting the factory at Force India. It was a shock straight away because I could see the deficit they had on money.

A transition from mighty McLaren at the end of 2013, when it was then only at the beginning of its slide from the front of the grid, to the squad then known as Force India is a dramatic lesson in the disparity of Formula 1 team budgets. But not so when it comes to results.

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