What Aston Martin's new deal says about the state of F1

Racing Point will be rebranded as the Aston Martin squad for the 2021. Jonathan Noble argues why this is not just good for the former Force India squad, but also for the championship overall

Jonathan Noble Jan 31, 2020, 4:29 PM

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When manufacturers involved in Formula 1 hit trouble back at base, and costs have to be cut, it is all too easy to conclude that a grand prix programme is the easiest thing to axe.

After all, bankrolling an F1 team can be a hugely expensive exercise - costing tens of millions of pounds a year, with no guarantee of any silverware.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.