Blue Horizons Equinox - Renault F1 Team
2020 Mid-Season Report
R&D being carried out on the team's first chassis prior to the 2020 season, the 11th team's chassis has been dubbed the BH101. The debut livery from the team bears a striking resemblance to Benetton's 2001 effort, also coincidentally using Renault power.
Owner/driver Jack Johnston fights for position towards the back of the pack during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. He would bring home a respectable 17th place after a weekend to forget at the team's debut in Australia.
Second Driver Tatiana Calderon during practice in Bahrain. The team were determined to have their record book cake and eat it too, not only being the first owner-driver team on the modern F1 grid, also signing the first female driver in modern F1.
The BH101 proved rather unimpressive in dry conditions, mostly competing with Alfa Romeo and Williams, but the car came alive during wet races. Here, Johnston carries the BH101 to a 10th place finish during a hectic Chinese Grand Prix, securing the team's first points.
Pieces of bodywork fly after a massive shunt between Johnston and Grosjean results in a DNF for the Canadian driver at the revived Dutch Grand Prix.
Tatiana Calderon driving for Blue Horizons in Baku, here she would record her best finish thus far of 17th place. By this point in the season, additional sponsorships have been added to the car.
Johnston again comes out on top in a scrap between Alpha Tauri and Haas, finishing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 13th place.
After another eventful wet-to-dry race at Paul Ricard, Johnston again brings the BH101 to a 10th place finish, beating out Sergio Perez.
Calderon again scrapping with the Williams drivers. Here she would best them and bring the car home to a respectable 19th place finish at Paul Ricard.
During what looked like a promising weekend at another wet Grand Prix in the United Kingdom, Giovinazzi spins Johnston, resulting in the Canadian finishing the race in dead last.
As the team looks ahead to the future, they hope to fulfill their dream of finishing at least 10th in the constructor's championship in their first year active. Currently they hope to stay ahead of their most direct competition, Haas and Williams, until the end of the year. Development continues on the car, although the team still relies heavily on wet conditions and other team's misfortunes to get ahead rather than the chassis' sheer speed. Further investments will need to be made in the team's facilities before they can hope to climb further up the midfield.
