Sergio Perez News
The 2023 season witnessed a rocky performance by Hamilton, who failed to secure a single victory.
With the win, Hamilton has now taken an unassailable lead iver his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in the drivers' championship standings with two races in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.
Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will race for Aston Martin, the new name for the Canadian-owned Racing Point team, on a multi-year deal.
The 33-year-old German replaces Mexican Sergio Perez, whose departure at the end of the 2020 season was announced on Wednesday.
Vettel has had a tough time at Ferrari since the arrival of Monegasque Charles Leclerc, with the youngster beating him on wins, points and poles last season.
Racing Point driver Sergio Perez will race this Sunday at the Spanish GP, after testing negative for coronavirus
The Mexican had tested positive before the British Grand Prix and missed the last two grands prix
German Nico Hulkenberg was filing-in for Perez during his absence
Hulkenbarg was drafted in for last weekend`s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, alongside Canadian race regular Lance Stroll, but did not start the race after an engine problem.
Racing Point said they expected to make a decision later on Thursday or before practice starts on Friday on who would partner Canadian Lance Stroll.
If the re-test comes back positive, Perez would be ruled out of Sunday`s fourth round of the Formula One season.
Perez is fifth overall and 10 points ahead of Stroll in the Formula One standings after two races.
Force India unveiled their new Formula One car on Monday but kept everyone guessing about what name they will race under this season.
Perez, who had been linked with other teams including Renault who have now opted for Spaniard Carlos Sainz, said staying was always his priority.
They clashed twice at Spa, with Ocon squeezed towards the wall as he tried to pass Perez in the second incident that most upset the 20-year-old and led to a Twitter outburst against the Mexican.
In Azerbaijan, Perez and French rookie Ocon were fighting for a podium spot when they collided. Ocon suffered a puncture and significant car damage but continued to finish sixth.
Perez, who started eighth on the grid, finished ninth after being passed by Kevin Magnussen towards the end of the 56-lap race.
Force India collected seven points from the weekend, one less than Williams with Felipe Massa finishing sixth.
Perez narrowly missed out on Q3 with the best time of 1:25.081 while Ocon, in his first race for the team, was almost half a second slower than his more experienced teammate.
Businessman Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India for Rs 9,000 crore loan default, was on Wednesday seen at an event in UK promoting a new Formula One car launched by his team Sahara Force India.
Force India driver Perez said he was ending his association with the brand which had only began sponsoring him this month.
With four race remaining, Force India remain focussed on finishing fourth in the championship.
Williams are back in fourth with 111 points, three more than Force India.
Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez bagged 22 points by finishing fourth and fifth.
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